I Restore the Illustrated Bestiary in the Mortal World

The age of myth has long since ended, and spiritual energy is as thin as mist. The ancient demon clans were almost entirely wiped out in the “Great Calamity,” and the Heavenly Dao deliberately “formatted” their existence, reducing them to insubstantial legends. But the demons' “obsessions” never die. They become invisible “demon miasma,” attaching themselves to ancient artifacts, old houses, inherited crafts, and even the collective subconscious of humanity. In the form of “urban legends” and “folk customs,” they distort reality and influence the human world. To be forgotten is to die; to be recorded is to live again. As the protagonist, Lin Qi, searches for the truth behind why the demons were “formatted,” he gradually understands that the real “Great Calamity” is not a natural disaster, but the stripping away of the meaning of some kind of “existence.” This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.