“Little brother, wake up.” Qin Ye looked up in a stupor. He had just been awakened by a stewardess who was smiling faintly, “We’re arrived at the final station, Qizhou Railway Station.”

Have I finally arrived? Qin Ye rubbed his eyes and sat up. The sign boards outside clearly read ‘Qizhou’.

Qizhou, otherwise known as Spring City, was the provincial capital of Eastmount Province. Unfortunately, long gone were the stalls and vendors that once filled the train station. Passengers dragged their suitcases and made a beeline for the exits in a chaotic, yet somewhat orderly fashion.

It’s been five days since I departed from Valley County… Qin Ye glanced at his watch as he followed the streams of people while taking in the surrounding scenery.

His last stop was Anyi City, located on the border between Breakwaters Province and Eastmount Province. And the final leg of his journey had taken him straight to Spring City, the provincial capital of Eastmount Province. Yin and Yang have always had an inextricable relationship from each other. What happens in the netherworld would be reflected in some way or another in the mortal realm, and vice versa.

It was now noon. Qin Ye dragged his suitcase towards the exit of the station, right into the waiting arms of a team of armed policemen with fully loaded weapons.

There was clearly an undercurrent of tension underneath the surface of human interaction out there. The trains were still just as noisy, but what should have been a relatively noisy process of disembarkation of...