The Scarlet Sun turns to blood, the skies plunge into darkness, and the order of Yin and Yang is on the verge of collapse.
The Underworld is in ruins, the gods have lost their offices, and its ghost enforcers can no longer enter the mortal realm. Evil ghosts run rampant, sinister beings multiply, and the human world has become a realm of ghosts.
Lin Mo, an ordinary young man, is inexplicably “hired” by the Underworld and made an “acting magistrate” dispatched to the mortal realm. He has no official appointment, limited authority, and is kept under strict surveillance. A mere temporary worker.
With the Acting Magistrate’s Seal in hand and a little light in his heart,
he must face more than grieving water ghosts, murderous fiends, and heretical cultivators who slaughter entire cities. He must also contend with injustice in the mortal realm, corruption within the Underworld, and the heart-wrenching choice of watching a close friend fall into demonic ways.
Why did Old Ghost Chen, mysteriously amnesiac and from another world, choose him? What earth-shattering secrets lie hidden in the ruined Underworld? What exactly is the “Calamity Fiend” that severed the two realms?
From Candlelight to Union with the Dao, from standing alone to leading a team, Lin Mo will uphold the laws of the Underworld in the mortal realm and kindle a light in the darkness of an age overrun by ghosts and shattered order.
The magistrate’s brush decides the scales of good and evil.
Though a hundred ghosts stalk the road ahead, I will light my lamp and shine through the netherworld!
This is the legendary tale of an ordinary man forced to become a magistrate, judging ghosts and punishing evil in the mortal realm. Step by step, he uncovers the truth of the world, restores the order of Yin and Yang, and ultimately transcends it all.
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