The Insect Master

Our ancestors called every living, blood-and-flesh creature in the world a bug. Bugs fall into five kinds: naked, scaly, furry, feathered, and shelled. We humans and earthworms are both naked bugs. The Great Expansion numbers fifty, but only forty-nine are used. Heaven left one number for the mortal world: any animal that learns it can become an immortal. But unlike the other four kinds of bugs and us, they must first become demons before they can appear. Cat Gu, corpse immortals, the giant serpent of Luoyang, the great softshell turtle of the Yangtze... Many in this world seek immortality, but few attain it. Most are merely creatures that have fallen out of order. All things follow their own order and way. Whether cultivating immortality or becoming a spirit, one inevitably disrupts the world’s destiny. Our job is to guide the bugs back to the right path and restore balance to the chaos. No one knows how long this profession has existed, and every practitioner has their own methods. Nowadays, to make coordination and operations easier, everyone has agreed on a single title: Bug Guides.