50,000 years ago, Hell was destroyed because of too much Foul from the resentment of the souls that later turned to Soul Eaters and devoured everything in their wake, leaving nothing of Hell. The gods above in Heaven, in order to take care of the newly-died souls, created the Afterlife Department comprised of grim reapers. Huo Ling was delivering food that day when he met Yi Bing and the guy gave him a warning. When he arrived to the customer's unit, he was killed. Huo Ling: you set up a death flag for me! Yi Bing: I'm a grim reaper. I'm the flag myself. Let me help you solve the mystery of your death. Huo Ling: your sister! Alternative title: The Different Ways I Died at 23 Update: daily
Huo Ling glanced at Yi Bing from the corner of his eyes. He saw Yi Bing picked up the Soul Furnace. He doesn't know why, but ever since he asked Yi Bing about the owner of the Soul Fragment, Yi Bing's mood suddenly dropped and he became silent. He actually wanted to ask if Yi Bing knows this owner of the Soul Fragment, and if he might be a grim reaper like Yi Bing. But, seeing Yi Bing's coldness appearing again, he chose to shut up.
Yi Bing seemed to finally recovered his calm as he spoke. "Let's go meet your parents." He said.
"Huh?" Huo Ling looked at him. Why do I feel there's something strange from his words? But, since he can see his parents again, he agreed. "Okay!" he nodded.
Yi Bing smiled. "They're going to meet 'you'." He told him.
"'me'?" Huo Ling muttered. Then, his eyes suddenly widened in realization. "The one who replaced me?!" he asked.