Using the secrets of feng shui to solve mysterious and uncanny cases, as taboos surrounding burial sites collide with the tangled schemes of a turbulent age.
The protagonist, Lin Wenyuan, strictly follows his ancestors' rule never to meddle with burial sites. But he is dragged into a string of vicious cases: a wealthy family driven mad and wiped out, a blood-filled well that terrifies a village, and a grave robber found bleeding from every orifice.
Forced to use his skills in locating dragon veins, identifying auspicious burial sites, breaking evil influences, and suppressing spirits to investigate, he discovers that every tragedy points to a concealed ancient dragon vein. Someone is using the souls of the living and the evil energy of ancient tombs as offerings to create a deadly feng shui formation that defies fate and changes fortune, hoping to claim the throne with the power of the dragon vein.
At the heart of the formation is a former dynasty's deposed emperor's tomb, its feng shui tampered with. The coffin holds no emperor, but a living person sacrificed to anchor the formation.
He must violate his family's taboo and unravel a web in which even the trusted constable and his fellow practitioners may be pawns. He must break the evil formation, solve the mystery, and face the truth behind his family's downfall. Between the mysteries of burial sites, he must decide the fate of the world.
