Ning Chen, a modern young man, travels across the Tianyuan Continent and is captured by the Demon Cult to work as a corpse burying boy at the Burial Peak. Accidentally became associated with Luo Shangwu, the former leader of the cult who was assassinated by others, and awakened to the god-burial coffin system that makes people stronger by burying them. Burying corpses can improve his cultivation, unlock treasures and magical powers. Ordinary corpses, sect elders and even powerful emperors have become resources for his advancement. He counterattacks all the way, meets four heroines and partners with different styles, thwarts the villain's conspiracy, and turns the tide in the battle between good and evil. In the end, the god-burial coffin was finally opened, and everyone unexpectedly traveled back to modern times. Ning Chen started a new life relying on his old profession. Adapted from the Tomato novel "The Funeral of the Demon Gate: The Empress Pushed Back the Start" by the author Guo Guojiang.
