The Warden of Suppressed Evil

For eight centuries, the Great Zhou Dynasty has maintained order by balancing human governance against supernatural forces. Through a secret covenant with the Tian Shu View, the leading sect of Daoism, the imperial family constructed the Nine Nether Prison beneath the capital city of Tianque. This nine-tiered dungeon incarcerates the world’s most dangerous spirits, monsters, and vengeful souls, with each deeper level holding entities more ancient and terrifying than the last. The dynasty sustains the prison’s seals using the spiritual energy of the dragon veins, while harnessing the overflowing yin energy from the suppressed evils to bolster national fortune, creating a precarious but vital equilibrium. However, in recent decades, Tianque City has been plagued by unsettling phenomena: wells running with blood, bronze statues weeping at night, and children tormented by nightmares. Rumors circulate that an ancient presence is stirring within the deepest depths of the Nine Nether Prison. When the Imperial Preceptor divined the heavens for answers, only four words remained: "Yin overwhelms Yang; the Warden must rise." Shen Qingming, a corpse driver from Qingshi Town outside the capital, possesses the innate ability of the Yin-Yang Eye, allowing him to see what remains hidden from ordinary people. After becoming inadvertently entangled in a bizarre ghost marriage case, he catches the attention of a master from the Tian Shu View. They reveal that Shen possesses the rare "Prison-Suppressing Underworld King Body," a destiny that grants him natural power to suppress and attract evil spirits. While this makes him the ideal candidate to command the Nine Nether Prison, it also marks him as the perfect sacrificial prey for the ancient horrors waiting to be unleashed.