The Seventh Crossing of the Nether River: Pact of the Ruins

The rusty iron railings at the old pier have been steeped in the salty tang of the sea for a hundred years. Tang Weijie, an auto mechanic, repeats the same cycle: reincarnation, boarding the ship, and death.

Tang Yan, Lin Ya, and Zhou Zhe have taken up the duty of guardians passed down by their ancestors. A crescent-shaped scar carries on the Tang family's century-old promise, a flower-shaped scar continues the Lin family's warmth, and a gear-shaped scar inherits the Zhou family's craftsman's spirit. With half a fragment of a rusty anchor, a leaf of spirit grass, and a Guardian Token in hand, the three have become the new generation of guardians of the Seventh Ferry of the Nether River.

The Nether River's tide rises, and the shadow of Guixu grows ever darker. The Guixu Envoys, cloaked in black and carrying threads of resentment, launch an attack. A Guixu tide, the likes of which comes only once in a century, surges in with the howls of resentful spirits. And now a mysterious pact master awakens aboard a black ship carved with the character for “pact,” using black mist to drain the power of spirit grass and seize the guardians' pure souls. He boasts that once he gathers all three anchor fragments, he can break the seal over the eye of the tide...