I Guarded the Ghost Gate for Two Thousand Years

I Guarded the Gates of the Underworld for Two Thousand Years “I guarded the gates of the underworld for two thousand years, from the swordlight of the Qin dynasty to the neon lights of the modern age, from Ma Yuan’s stone stele to tourists livestreaming. Then, one day, a hundred thousand ghost soldiers blocked my highway.” Zhen Yuan, the last disciple of Guiguzi, is a half-human, half-ghost gatekeeper. He gouges out his own heart and uses its blood to reinforce thirteen enormous bronze gates, holding back every kind of ghost, from the resentful souls of Qin soldiers to the remnants of Xing Tian. In 2024, development of the scenic area around the gates shatters the seal with holographic projections. Xing Tian’s remnant soul uses the blood of the living to rebuild its body, then manipulates tourists into slaughtering one another. “This gate should have fallen long ago! Whose rules are you guarding?” Xing Tian sneers. “Ever since King You of Zhou toyed with the lords, the rule has been that the living must survive.” Zhen Yuan performs a blood sacrifice using Qin terracotta warriors, then summons a hundred thousand ghost soldiers to march down National Highway 324. The sight of a three-hour traffic jam stuns the internet. Then a chance to turn things around appears: Ayi, a relic restorer and the reincarnation of Jinghong, whose blood can awaken the dead of ancient battlefields. Armed with a period-dating compass from Jingsu Tower, she joins forces with Zhen Yuan. When Xing Tian fuses the essence of a hundred thousand tourists into a blood-red giant, Zhen Yuan burns two thousand years of cultivation to form the “Valiant Qin” sword formation, while Ayi summons a thunderbolt to shatter Xing Tian’s soul. “As long as the gate stands, I stand…” Before his body vanishes, Zhen Yuan hands the ghost-soldier tiger tally to Ayi. The new gatekeeper turns out to be a restored Song dynasty stone guardian, engraved with the words “May the land stand forever.” “He guarded the gate for two thousand years. This time, it’s the living who should fear ghosts.” One man guards a gate for two thousand years##Ghost soldiers block the highway##Reincarnated lovers reunite to slay a god#