A giant fish with neither head nor tail appears in the waters of West Lake in Qiantang. A ghostly, wicked serpent emerges amid the bustling streets of Baoding Prefecture. Palace maids carrying lanterns vanish mysteriously from the imperial city, while a bronze mirror in a bedroom in Gusu City speaks... Terrifying, astonishing, eerie, and uncanny, a mysterious power is awakening. A band of young people, each bearing a secret order, come together to stake everything on one final battle. Yet their names will never be recorded in the history books...
The Human Emperor declared, "Let it be called Records of Strange Beings in the Divine Capital, and let it circulate among the common folk. May the people... remember their names, if only a little..."