The Cold-Blooded Surgeon’s Thirteen Life-Taking Needles

Leng Jue, a cold-blooded lead surgeon, has never had a survivor after thirteen needles. He’s known as the “Yama Blade.” Qi Hui, meanwhile, is the only forbidden-art physician capable of defying fate and prolonging life beneath his needle. When a string of murders hidden within the hospital points to the operating room, every needle Leng Jue drives in seems to inscribe a contract with death, while every needle Qi Hui adds tears at the truth. They aren’t partners, but sworn enemies, each the other’s blade and sheath. The needle marks left off autopsy reports, the dates erased from medical records: only they know who killed those patients said to have died of natural causes, and whose forbidden art brought them back to life. This battle of medical skill and conspiracy has nothing to do with redemption. It’s a life for a life.