When Shen Ning opened her eyes from the mass grave, she found that she had become a living corpse that could talk, think, and be able to touch the dead and see images of their lives. Xu Sanye, the elderly widower who took her in, said that this is called "dead but not stiff, it is called a living corpse; touching the bones to know the cause is called access to the secluded world".
In order to find out the cause of her death, she assisted Shen Du, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, in investigating the case as a widower. Behind each of the bizarre murders, Prince Yong's decades-long secret experiments were involved - soul transfer in bronze mirrors, child abduction, and living corpse creation. And Shen Ning is his only successful "container".
When living corpses and living people stand side by side in front of the truth, they face not only enemies, but also the choice between life and death.
Being dead but not stiff is a curse or a new life?
I like it very much. Very beautiful.