My Ninth Life Came With an Underworld Hotline - Episode 1

After the Underworld ranks last in the Three Realms' Q4 2025 KPI, its chief pressures the team to improve or lose bonuses. They discover Lewis Kane, a man with vast karmic merit but cursed to be alone for nine lives due to past betrayals. The Underworld offers him a job as their Three Realms Liaison with revival and benefits, but he initially refuses, wishing to live freely. Faced with the curse's eternal loneliness, he reconsiders after being promised love and favor from heavenly figures if he meets his quota. The episode ends with Lewis tasked to catch fugitives and boost the Underworld's performance, setting up his critical role ahead.