The Myriad Burial Records

In a chaotic world of demons and monsters, some corpses must not be buried. A night owl demon corpse must not see fire, lest its vengeful shadow claim lives; a slain swordsman must not be placed in a coffin empty-handed, or the blade's killing intent will linger; an old man who still has warmth seven days after death must not be interred, for what lies in the coffin may still be alive. These corpses are ones the Demon Suppression Bureau refuses to touch, coroners dare not examine, and even true burial masters may not know how to handle. Zhou Ye, a lowly worker at a funeral home, specializes in taking on such corpses. For he possesses a tome called the Myriad Burial Records. By reading the death signs, discerning burial taboos, breaking anomalies, and determining the proper burial method, he can truly lay the dead to rest and inherit their lingering blessings. Bury a night owl demon, gain night vision to see in darkness as if it were day. Bury a qi-blood swordsman, gain the Wind-Listening Blade and inherit twenty-three years of swordsmanship. Bury a demon, gain bloodline powers; bury a human, inherit their lifelong skills. Of course, one wrong step and the corpse's vengeful spirit will rise from the coffin, taking the living with it. Zhou Ye originally only wanted to save five taels of silver to escape this dilapidated funeral home where death lurks at every turn. But as one unburiable corpse after another is brought before him, he gradually discovers that someone is raising demons, someone is using the lives of commoners to extend their own, and someone is channeling the qi-blood and blessings of the dead across the land into the imperial mausoleum. Buriable corpses are worth only a few hundred coppers. The unburiable ones are Zhou Ye's path from funeral home worker to supreme ruler. — Description from novelcodex.org