玉蟾記

A village storyteller frames an episodic tale in which a Daoist immortal, acting on heavenly mandate, engineers karmic reckonings by sending condemned souls back to mortal life and binding them into twelve predestined marriages. Underworld judges, magical devices, and supernatural attendants allocate new births so that past betrayals and abuses of power are repaid across generations. Linked episodes follow how scheming magnates, complicit officials, and loyal victims are reborn into intertwined households, producing political intrigue, moral trials, and eventual consequences. The work mixes historical grievance, ethical reflection, and fantastic intervention, alternating celestial judgment scenes with their earthly reverberations.