Afterlife Department
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
Network
Huo Ling's connections don't stop from his father and mother. Huo Jinghua, the man Mary Jackson married after her divorce with Gerard Jackson, is a general. He has a wide network, added to the fact that the Huo family is just one of the few families that are of the purest blood.
By 'pure blood', it refers to their ancestry. And for the Huo family to remain pure bloods up to this generation, naturally, some of the previous generations were forced into marriage just to give birth to another pure-blooded generation.
Fortunately for Huo Jinghua, he is the fourth son in their generation. Thus, he doesn't have to worry being forced to marry a Chinese woman. He left their family's responsibility to his elder brothers. And so, he married Mary Jackson, who is from the royal family. She is the current emperor, Kale's aunt.