The Ferryman of Duling

Only after settling the forty-eight life-and-death pacts from Beishan did Shen Yan learn that all the old objects entrusted to him were burial talismans from ancient underground tombs. A strange nine-star-swallowing-the-moon pattern appeared at the bottom of the box, breaking the seals on forty-eight long-forgotten and deadly tombs. Every underground palace in the realm opened its doors to him. He became the last tomb-crossing guide in the world. With a protective bronze thumb ring and a sandalwood box packed with old objects on his back, he set out to explore the tombs. The Bone-Breaking Wasteland Tomb at Luolong Slope was his first stop. A bone-hanging passageway, blood-thread traps, and the secrets of a thousand-year-old tomb keeper followed one after another. The Yinshan Blood Coffin Tomb, the Insect King Tomb in the Miasma Valley, the Sunken Dragon Tomb beneath the rivers and seas… One strange tomb after another emerged. Ancient tombs were filled with deadly mechanisms, and sinister corpses appeared in endless numbers. Every tomb concealed a buried piece of ancient history, and clue after clue pointed to the legendary secret of immortality. He ventures deeper into the tombs, every step fraught with danger. Will he be buried in a deadly tomb, or uncover the secrets of eternal life? Theme: Traverse the ancient tombs of the world, uncover the secrets of immortality, and face life, death, and obsession.