In the twenty-third year of the Republic of China, as the Zhongyuan Dynasty is approaching, bizarre murders occur one after another in Paper Man Town - next to the deceased are paper men with identical appearances, with soul-sealing needles inserted in their chests, as if their souls have been taken away.
Detective Bai Mocun of the Shanghai Patrol Room received a mysterious telegram and was forced to return to his hometown after 20 years of absence. He is the only survivor of the Bai family's massacre, and he is also the "person who borrowed his life" who should have died twenty years ago.
As the investigation deepens, the truth gradually emerges: Twenty years ago, in order to continue the incense, the Bai family held a taboo "life lending ceremony" with the lives of ten children as sacrifices. And Bai Mocun was the sacrifice that was supposed to die in that ceremony.
Gu Huaijin, the president of the paper guild, is hiding a secret, the identity of the mysterious reporter Su Yanqiu is a mystery, and Ah Fu, an orphan from the Chenghuang Temple, is both good and evil. When Bai Mocun finally faced the truth, he found that there was another soul hidden in his body - the father who wanted to seize his body and be reborn.
In the Beishan Corpse Raising Ground, a large formation of paper figures was formed. When the time comes, the door of hell opens wide, and it's time to pay back the lives that have been borrowed.
The paper man opened his eyes and came demanding his life. This time, can he break the curse of fate?
