32 Chapter 24

To the rest of the world, Jiang Wu is an impoverished, orphaned, and grotesquely ugly outcast. He is avoided like the plague by his classmates and struggles to make ends meet through low-paying part-time jobs. But Jiang Wu harbors a terrifying secret: floating above the heads of those around him, he can see "Death Notices"—dark, bloody text revealing the exact time, date, and cause of their impending deaths.

Jiang Wu’s quiet, isolated life is shattered when he recklessly decides to interfere with fate, using his superhuman strength to save a runaway train destined to plunge into the sea. This defiance of destiny catches the attention of Lu Sheng—the cold, untouchable, and phenomenally powerful Ghost Emperor who governs the boundary between the living and the dead.

Soon, Jiang Wu is swept into the "Cloud-Step Lunar Realm," a prestigious and perilous academy hidden from humanity where the descendants of the Divine and Demon clans hone their supernatural abilities. Desperate to survive the academy’s brutal, elimination-style Monthly Exams and uncover the truth behind his death-seeing eyes, Jiang Wu strikes a bizarre cohabitation deal with the Ghost Emperor himself: pass his exams, and his rent in the Emperor’s luxurious manor is completely free.

But as Jiang Wu navigates treacherous exams, hostile classmates, and the increasingly addictive warmth of the Ghost Emperor's company, a ancient secret begins to unravel.