Urban imagination | Mystery and the supernatural | Folk horror tales | Ensemble cast | Powerful leads | Eastern mythology | Little connection to male-oriented spin-offs, strong original worldbuilding | Dual male leads
Jiang Yao was born twice.
The first time, he was a nameless ghost.
The second time, he became human.
After becoming human, he learned many things: money could buy respectability, beauty could be used as a weapon, power could make people keep quiet, and love and hate could both make a name unforgettable.
He also learned about desire, possession, jealousy, violence, fame, and control.
The one thing it took him a long time to learn was that loving someone did not mean owning them.
Through his long years in Bangkok, he went from being a young man who made a living dealing with evil spirits to a world where the entertainment industry, capital, international forces, and ancient beliefs intersected. He saved people and hurt them, served gods and was worshipped himself. He was always surrounded by people willing to go mad for him, while others kept leaving because they could no longer bear him.
And after the passage of even longer years, people would forget many things.
They would forget his scandals, his awards, and how beautiful he had once been.
But some temples would remain.
Some names would remain.
Some stories would remain.
And there would still be people who remembered:
Once, there was a foul-tempered ghost who truly learned, in the end, how to be human.
