The Undying Hades

The Undying Pluto is a long-form Eastern fantasy novel by the web author Yun Tiankong. First serialized on 17K.com, the complete work comprises 723 chapters and was published in print by Xianchuang Publishing House on April 24, 2008. The story revolves around Wang Ming, the newly appointed Pluto. Its opening poem—"Past the ghost gate, this life is severed; beside the Yellow Spring Road, old faces are mourned. White bones scatter on the Three Trials Shoal; at the Naihe Bridge, former ties are ended. Wuchang locks souls, and fierce ghosts resent; Yaksa severs spirits, and malevolent wraiths are broken. The judge's brush falls, weighing grievance and debt; Pluto descends to the world, and reincarnation turns"—sets out the novel's overarching themes of reincarnation and the underworld. After succeeding as lord of the underworld, Wang Ming builds his power in the mortal realm: he holds the identity of a five-star general, founds the company Mingchao, and is at the same time the leader of a powerful gang. At the same time, he expands within the underworld, forming the Mingchao faction, gradually subduing the King of Fear in Hell and restoring order to the underworld. Around him are female characters such as Yaxin, Xueyan, Piaohong, and Shafei, who intersect with Wang Ming in emotional, medical, combat, and business matters, respectively. Through its chapter titles, the work cultivates an atmosphere of suspense and horror, involving supernatural setups such as a terrifying bathroom, bathing with ghosts, an aviation coffin, and a female ghost in red, and its final chapter concludes the book with the arrangement of the Dutian Pluto Grand Formation in the Hall of the Gods. Overall, it is a long-form web novel blending underworld mythology, urban power-building, and fantasy combat, and is one of the representative works in Yun Tiankong's Pluto series.