Forbidden Divine Path

In the antique restoration shop in the old city, Lin Ye's tweezers were picking up a rusty gear. He thought it was just an ordinary antique pocket watch, but he didn't realize that when the gears were turning, a sticky black shadow was seeping out of the mirror - it was the tentacles of the Shadow Realm, climbing along his fingertips. The brass key left behind by his parents before they disappeared is engraved with a star map that no one can understand; the candle in the palm of Shen Zhao, the night shift makeup artist at the funeral home, always reflects an outline that should not exist at midnight; in the interview book of folk reporter Chen Yan, the wail of taboo relics is hidden between the lines of "folk strange stories"... As the cracks in reality become wider and wider, the sound of the ancient god's seal being loosened echoes in the midnight, and eighteen forbidden divine paths unfold in the shadows. Some people collect relics and perform rituals, hoping to overcome madness and become new gods; some guard the "anchor" and fight against erosion, finding balance in the gap between the two worlds; others believe in chaos, trying to awaken the sleeping ancient gods and return the world to an era ruled by shadows. What Lin Ye doesn't know is that every old thing he repairs is piecing together a forgotten truth - about the ancient war that tore the world apart, about the real reason why his parents disappeared, and about himself, why he can see the rust of reality and the fangs of shadow at the same time. The taboo door has been opened. At the end of the divine journey, will he become a god or become the nourishment of the shadow?