After the late Qing dynasty, warlords sprang up everywhere and years of famine ravaged the land. Ghosts, fox spirits, and other monsters seized the opportunity to plague the mortal world. Strange and inexplicable incidents became commonplace, and the people lived in constant fear. In a small town, the Ma Yi Celestial Master took it upon himself to protect the peace of the region. One carefully plotted conspiracy after another, one life-and-death crisis after another: generation after generation of Ma Yi Celestial Masters faced death, all to win a brief moment of peace for this troubled world...
