Gu Mian, 22 years old, an orphan and an apprentice mortuary makeup artist.
He thought the greatest thing he could do in life was make the dead look a little more presentable.
Until one late night, the seal dormant in his left eye for twenty years quietly cracked open...
He could see them.
Above every corpse floated a mass of twisted light and shadow, the dead person's deepest obsession from when they were alive.
Some obsessions were hatred, some were love, and some... were fear.
When he tried to touch the first mass of obsession, it took human form, knelt before him, and spoke a single sentence:
"Please... help me fulfill it."
From then on, Gu Mian set foot on a path where the living dared not tread:
Subdue evil spirits, devour obsessions, and ascend to godhood with the power of the dead.
And the Night Wardens, the organization that had chosen him as a "seed," lurked behind every truth, watching him coldly.
