My name is Chen Yanqiu, and I'm an ancient geology surveyor.
In a deep cave beneath the Taihang Mountains, an old shepherd told me, "There's something waiting down there."
I didn't believe in ghosts, so I went down.
At the bottom was an ancient Tang dynasty tomb. Nine bronze chains suspended a stone coffin. The moment I opened it, I regretted it.
There were no bones inside the coffin, only a stone casket covered in runes.
The symbols on the casket pointed to a legend: the Nine Cauldrons of the Nine Provinces. Whoever touches them can change their fate.
But I didn't know someone was waiting in the dark for us to clear the way.
They said, "That thing wasn't meant for them."
But I was determined to touch it.
Because some doors, once opened, can never be closed again.
