The Strange Tales of the Divine Capital

Shendu, an ancient capital of thirteen dynasties. Above ground lies a bustling modern city. Beneath it sprawls a ghostly realm where a thousand years of resentment have settled.

Ye San is the youngest ghost-slaying agent in the Ghost Records Bureau. He carries an ancient blade called Tinglan at his waist and hunts the demons and spirits that prey on the living. Taciturn and reserved, he never says more than he has to. But he never kills a demon that has harmed no one, and never hurts an innocent person.

A bride trapped in a fitting room for a hundred years. Tang Dynasty soldiers lined up in an underground parking garage. A starving ghost ordering food delivery in the dead of night. A little girl jumping rope in an elevator...

Behind each bizarre case lies a vast secret about his origins.

He is not human.

He is a manufactured