Disaster strikes on the Ghost Festival. The dragon veins of the Nine Provinces are severed, and every ancient tomb and haunted burial ground awakens. Yin horrors sweep across the land, reducing modern civilization to ashes overnight.
Lu Mo, a history student, has studied feng shui, geomancy, and ancient seal scripts under his grandfather since childhood. He is an expert on Chinese burial culture. On the night of the disaster, an iron-black card binds him to the Nine Provinces Card Emperor System, setting him on a perilous path to capture historical horrors with cards.
From the silent tomb guardians of the Zhou royal mausoleum on Mangshan to the million ghost soldiers of the First Emperor’s mausoleum; from the mournful cries of corrupted heroic spirits to the world-ending awakening of ancient fiends, every card comes from a real historical site, and every evolution requires devouring a corresponding source of horror. The cards rank from common to Card Emperor, mirroring the path to restoring the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces.
This is no ordinary apocalypse. Every terror springs from thousands of years of Chinese history: burial taboos, folk horrors, and cursed legacies. Silken strands that silently steal lives, a blank tombstone that kills anyone whose name is carved on it, terracotta warriors that awaken a million ghost soldiers with a single glance, the corrupted spirit of Yue Fei...
Bearing a fate marked by solitude and ill omen, Lu Mo is cold and taciturn, decisive in killing. He traverses imperial tombs, ancient ruins, and the haunted grounds of the Nine Provinces, using iron cards to capture countless horrors and the nation’s vital energy to stabilize the land.
When he completes his final card and the dragon veins of the Nine Provinces are restored, the Card Emperor will ascend to the throne.
