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
In the same restaurant where uncle Song asked Gu Xingfeng, Jiang Xinduo, Song Mingfan and Xiao Xie to meet him, Hao Baiyun sat inside a pavilion while enjoying his tea. Then, the door slowly opened revealing Fei Xuli with Jing Yu.
"Young master." Fei Xuli called as he and Jing Yu approached him.
"How is the investigation?" Hao Baiyun asked without lifting his gaze and continued to drink his tea.
"Zi Chen, Lan Tian, Zheng Jian and Jin Chulin called that the people whom we suspected to know about the exchanging of fates all have only a shallow knowledge about it." Fei Xuli answered.
Hao Baiyun's movements slightly paused.
"We know more than them." Fei Xuli added.
Hao Baiyun finally placed down his cup on the table and looked at the two. "Then, it seems that the one who conducted an exchange of fate isn't a part of the circle." He said and frowned.