Grandpa always said that my Chen family had guarded the waters for generations since the Xia dynasty, carrying on Yu’s duty and sealing the Abyss of Ten Thousand Ages.
I, Chen Guanshui, am the last official of Yu in this world.
With darkness closing in and the abyssal veins on the verge of collapse, I have no choice but to risk my meager cultivation and force my way into the eerie abyss of the Tombs of Ten Thousand Ages.
What terrifying taboos did the emperors who spent their entire lives seeking traces of the divine actually touch?
A thousand years of baleful energy haunt the underground palace, while ancient taboos lie buried beneath the yellow earth. The truth behind my father’s generation going missing, the secrets of the Nine Provinces’ abyssal ruins, and every knot of cause and fate must ultimately be unraveled by my own hand.
[Reader’s Guide]
✅ Hard-core Chinese tomb raiding|Archaeological suspense × abyssal mysteries, with a restrained Lovecraftian atmosphere
✅ A long-running arc exploring taboos in the tombs of seven emperors, gradually revealing secrets sealed away since antiquity
✅ Twists and turns across two plotlines, delving into the hidden past of the previous generation, with clues woven throughout
✅ No immortal cultivation or supernatural powers. Realistic survival through feng shui mysteries, tomb-raider rules, and ancient tomb-surveying methods
