With China's Heroes Protecting Me, Why Should I Play by the Rules?

For generations, the Ning family has guarded the Ghost Gate, maintaining the balance between the worlds of the living and the dead. Young Ning Jian has just passed the family head's trial when he steps wrong and finds himself back at the college entrance exam. Having to take the exam all over again is bad enough, but what are these questions? Other races, cultivation, soul talents, realms... Is this an exam on some novel?

Three hundred years ago, a star fell upon Shenzhou, and Blue Star entered an era of high-level cultivation for all. Every young person who turns eighteen has a chance to awaken a soul talent. But alongside this opportunity came endless other races and ferocious beasts. Blue Star no longer belongs to humanity alone. This is a war for survival.

On the day his soul talent awakens, Ning Jian looks at the Ghost Gate behind him and falls into deep thought. Has he awakened a gate? A whole ghost city? No! His real golden finger is the great souls that have lingered for thousands of years inside that gate and city!

Warning: The historical figures in this story are composites drawn from official histories, historical fiction, folk tales, and the author's own interpretations. Please do not nitpick or offer writing advice.

Theme: The fate of the world is everyone's responsibility.