On the night of Li Jing's eighteenth birthday, he inherits the yin-yang incense and candle shop his parents left behind, along with a rusty iron token.
The moment the token binds to him, he sees Uncle Chen, the old ghost who's been squatting in the corner for eleven years. He also sees the Underworld in ruins, with the only thing still operating at its center being the Six Paths of Reincarnation.
A probationary ghost officer. A ruined Underworld. All alone.
From then on, he sells ghost money in the incense shop and apprehends wandering souls when night falls. With a ghost-binding rope and a ledger of merit, he sends the spirits lingering among the living, one by one, into the cycle of reincarnation.
A senior student in red at a university, a young employee driven to suicide, a veteran who died fighting the Japanese beneath a mass grave… Behind every ghost is a story left unfinished.
As the supernatural resurfaces, the authorities establish an investigation bureau, using their own flesh and blood to seal away monsters. Li Jing joins as a “civilian consultant,” becoming the only person capable of eliminating hauntings for good.
Repair the Underworld and restore order between yin and yang.
Recruit ghost soldiers and reopen the Gate of the Underworld.
From a single street to an entire city, from probationary ghost officer to master of reincarnation.
It all began on that rainy night, when the shop door blew open and a white candle spontaneously burst into flame.
A shadow on the wall said, “I found you.”
There has never been a shortage of ferrymen in this world. What's missing is someone willing to light the first lamp in the darkness.
