After transmigrating into Uncle Jiu’s world, Shen Mo discovers that he knows how everyone’s story ends.
He remembers exactly who will die on which day, and which zombie will bite them.
It is his golden finger, and also his curse.
He saves the first person, and a black line appears on his hand.
He saves the ninth person, and the black line spreads to his chest.
He saves the eighteenth person, and the Ghost King opens its eyes within his mark.
It turns out that every time he defies fate, he is feeding the Ghost King.
Three years later, on the Ghost Festival, the gates of hell swing wide open.
Standing before the gates, Shen Mo finally understands his master’s dying words:
“Know yourself, know all living beings, and see Heaven broken.”
“When Heaven is broken, it is not the gods who mend it, but humanity.”
That day, he chooses to seal the ghosts within himself.
This is a story about the price one pays.
It is also a story about whether it is “worth it.”
Tags: Uncle Jiu fan fiction, defying fate, Ghost King’s mark, sacrifice-driven, heavy angst warning
