Three hundred years ago, an ancestor of the Huang family saved a white snake and forged a bond with the immortal world. From then on, the family took up spirit mediumship and cultivation.
To repay the favor, the white snake gave birth to a nest of serpent hatchlings. Her youngest son, Liu Shiba, was exceptionally gifted and took human form after a hundred years. Unfortunately, he had one fatal passion: gossip.
From the Heavenly Court's deepest secrets to the neighborhood aunties arguing at the village entrance, he listened to it all with relish. He caused countless disasters because of it, until his mother finally smacked him into a hundred-year retreat.
When he awoke a century later, the world had changed.
His mother and siblings had either ascended or perished. To avoid trouble, the descendants of the old clan changed their surname to Huang and turned their spirit medium's altar into a paper offerings shop.
Now the Huang family had passed into the hands of a young woman named Huang Lingyu. Born with Yin-Yang Eyes and raised in the paper offerings shop, she was so fearless she wasn't even afraid of ghosts. By chance, she became a minor celebrity.
When Liu Shiba followed her scent, she was taking part in a live-streamed escape-room adventure show.
A huge black snake suddenly appeared on camera, staring fixedly at her with bright yellow eyes.
Huang Lingyu, who had never feared anything, let out a shriek that seemed to split the sky, then fainted on the spot.
She wasn't afraid of ghosts, but she was afraid of snakes!
Liu Shiba: ...
You're the heir to a family of spirit mediums, and you're afraid of snakes?
The family guardian spirit has awoken, and the heir who isn't afraid of ghosts has found him. This bond looks set to continue amid plenty of chaos.
