On the long shelves, there are bones, the scene eerie yet sacred.
Lu Ping'an wandered among them, yet could not feel a single soul... the long passage of time had washed away all but the sediment of knowledge.
What record is more elusive than the memory of human beings?
What collection is more hidden than the bones of the dead?
What secret is worth burying with countless lives...
"After bearing the poison of knowledge, we are destined never to enter reincarnation. Our souls should fragment and return to the earth, yet some things are destined never to dissolve...."
Normal treatment of the dead in the Earth Realm is something these Tomb Guardians are destined never to enjoy. Even if they are not rejected by the world, their souls, having suffered severe damage, cannot reincarnate into the Underworld intact to begin a new cycle.
