My name is Shen Qingtang, a broke student who can’t even scrape together enough money for my mother’s ICU bills. Then I touched a copy of the Green Satchel Classic in my ancestral home, and my world collapsed.
The rules are simple: every person I save with acupuncture costs a villain some of their lifespan.
I saved my critically ill mother, and the young heir to the Qin Medical Group died suddenly that very night. I rescued an abandoned old man, and a demolition boss with underworld ties suffered a brain hemorrhage on the spot. The System’s icy prompts followed me like a shadow: “Save one good person, and one villain must die. Refuse, and the backlash will strike your loved ones.”
I became a walking King of Hell in the mortal world, saving people with silver needles and killing through karmic retribution. The Qin family began to suspect me, the police began investigating me, and even Wen Zijin, my childhood sweetheart, looked at me with suspicion.
But they don’t know I still have one final card: the “King of Hell’s Decree.” Once the number of people who have lost years of their lives reaches ten, I’ll no longer be the System’s puppet. I’ll become the judge myself.
The Qin family, the Meng family, and the hidden hands lurking behind the scenes… How many days of life do you have left?
