The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain: He Kills, He Doesn’t Save

My name is Zhang Qingfeng. I was born with the bones of a Daoist, and every ghost wants a piece of me. At eight, I was bound by forty-nine debts to the underworld. I had seven days to live. The headmaster of Maoshan saved me and brought me up the mountain, where he taught me Daoist arts and freed me from my death sentence. At twenty, I descended the mountain and made myself a rule: When I encounter a wronged spirit, I ask what happened first. If they’ve been wronged, I’ll set things right. If they owe a debt, they’ll repay it. If they can be guided to the afterlife, I’ll guide them. But in this world, ghosts devour people and people prey on one another. Even the underworld has reached its hands into the world of the living. The Five Ghosts Transporting the Dragon Formation moves the fate of the nation; The Seventy-Two Courts enter the game for their own selfish desires. The Corpse King of Western Hunan blocks my way and asks what I think I am. The Ghost Child of Yin Mountain demands my life, saying he’ll use me to make an elixir. I draw my peachwood sword and tell them: If I can’t guide you to the afterlife, I’ll kill you. Heavenly Master Zhang Qingfeng kills. He doesn’t save souls. The Three Pure Ones above, let the Daoist arts shine forth. When the Heavenly Master is angered, he kills. He doesn’t save souls.