Great Ming: I Burn Demons and Refine Fiends in the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

In the third month of the ninth year of Yongle, the emperor led a campaign against the Mongols. As the two armies clashed, demonic winds rose and shadows flickered. Ghosts wailed, and headless corpses climbed to their feet. Our army suffered a crushing defeat, and the enemy pursued us for thirty li.

In the fifth month of the ninth year of Yongle, Henan and Shandong suffered a great drought. Not a drop of rain fell for ten months. The land stretched barren for a thousand li, and people traded children to eat. A ghostly creature was often seen: clad in red, shaped like a macaque with disheveled hair, hopping on one leg, and hideous in appearance.

In the sixth month of the ninth year of Yongle, in Yingtian Prefecture, a fierce wind suddenly arose under a clear sky. Dark clouds gathered, thunder roared without end, and flashes of lightning struck 120 people, leaving their bodies charred black.

Someone saw a creature in the clouds, resembling both an ape and a pig, with vermilion lips, horns on its head, and blue wings.

One evening, the commoner Han Ronger returned from a banquet and saw a handsome young gentleman by the roadside, as elegant as a jade tree and of extraordinary bearing. They chatted happily, embraced, and fell asleep together. The next morning, he saw a person in his arms with a fox's head and a human body, then died of fright.

One day, the Jinyiwei squad leader Chai Tian obtained secret techniques and arts, then burned demons and refined fiends.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.