The Corpse Keeper of Western Hunan

Name: The Corpse Keeper of Western Hunan
Author: Little Zhao the Tomato

湘西守尸人

by Little Zhao the Tomato (番茄小赵呀)

Status: Ongoing
Length: 327k Words
Genre: Mystery
Subgenre: Mystery High-Concept
Updated: 6mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

One misguided decision by an ancestor created three hundred years of sin:

Nine generations gave their lives to seal it away, atoning for the sins of a single lifetime.

With no elders to lean on and no branches of the clan to help, the family dwindled in numbers, their lives cut short. In every generation, the men were fated to die before turning fifty. Each generation put off having children as long as possible, trying to spare their little ones the agony of losing a parent. And in every generation, as their lives reached their end, they burned away their very bloodline to keep an innocent corpse spirit sealed, though it should never have been sealed at all.

Three hundred years, nine generations: not a cold tally of time, but guilt and struggle etched into their blood, and a fate they had no choice but to bear. Now, with the ninth generation, the curse's cycle has reached its end. Should he break the curse or continue the calamity? Lin Mo must make his choice...

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