The Forbidden One

Everyone in this world has three things: A life, a soul, and a name. The living have a yang name. The dead have a yin name. When an ordinary person dies, their yang name vanishes and their yin name is born. But when I was eight, my grandfather used a long-lost “Life-Banning Art” to burn away my yang name before its time. So: I am clearly alive. But according to certain rules, I am already dead...