After being buried alive in a coffin during a mysterious funeral ritual, Zhou Chang awakens with his soul trapped in his own body, unable to move or speak—until a deranged shaman claims him as the reincarnation of Zhong Kui’s brother-in-law. Forced into a grotesque marriage with an unknown woman found inside his coffin, Zhou Chang begins to sense strange energies flowing through him, as if the ritual has unlocked something ancient and malevolent within. As he slowly regains control of his limbs, he discovers the villagers are not merely performing a folk rite—they’re reenacting a forgotten occult pact tied to the underworld.

With each talisman drawn on his skin, he gains fragments of forgotten memories and powers, but also attracts the attention of entities that walk between life and death. Now, Zhou Chang must navigate a world where the dead walk among the living, spirits demand tribute, and every ritual he survives binds him deeper to a destiny he never chose.