[No System-Based Progression + No Harem + No Invincible Male Lead + Ancient Ghost-Hunting + Sequence Path Progression + Sharp-Tongued Heroine + Japanese Light Novel Style]
One day, three thousand years ago, the sky split open. Yin energy poured from the rift. The dead could no longer leave this world, and their souls became ghosts. Wandering Spirits, Vengeful Ghosts, Malevolent Ghosts, Fiends, Suppressors, Celestial Masters: six ranks, each one less human than the last.
But the sky's rupture also gave people power. Yin energy entered their bodies, their blood and qi awakened, and their meridians opened. There were five elements and fifteen paths: sword cultivators followed the Metal path, while City Gods followed the Earth path. Ordinary people became capable of cutting down ghosts.
Across the three northern provinces, the number of ghosts tripled in half a year. It wasn't a natural disaster. Someone was raising ghosts. Someone was smashing the local earth god temples. Someone wanted to turn the whole land into a realm of ghosts.
Seventeen-year-old Shen Feng had spent seventeen years working at a blacksmith's shop. One night, he saw a ghost, and the iron bar in his hand became a sword. He discovered that his father wasn't an ordinary blacksmith. He discovered that the world was far bigger than he'd imagined.
Then he set off. North, toward the place with the most ghosts.
It was fine. His left hand could still swing a sword.
