Others cultivate immortality by meditating. He does it by examining corpses.
Shen Yan is a spirit examiner with the Judicial Office of the Dayin Dynasty. He has no spiritual roots and follows the long-lost Path of Spirit Examination. Each time he examines the corpse of a powerful figure, he gains insight into the laws of Heaven and Earth from the moments before their death.
A tribulation elder who should have “ascended to the Immortal Realm” was fished out of a frigid pool.
While examining the body, Shen Yan saw a hand reach through the Gate of Ascension and snap the elder's neck.
On that wrist was a mark identical to the birthmark he'd had since childhood.
Investigate, and he dies. Don't investigate, and he dies anyway. So he might as well find out who is harvesting this world.
