In the world of Journey to the West, Mount Five Villages is being consumed by an unknown, terrifying force. The morning bell rings out of order, hinting at the collapse of time and space. Black fluid seeps from the retreat where Zhenyuan Daxian is meditating, and his disciples’ bodies begin to mutate. The characters in the Scripture Pavilion’s Incomplete Chapters of the Earthly Vault fall into disarray, twisting the reader’s perception. Strange changes take hold in the ginseng fruit orchard, where plants coexist with creatures from another dimension. The marks on a young Daoist’s arms shift with the phases of the moon, and touching a magical artifact lets him hear ritual chanting.
When Qingfeng, an ordinary young Daoist, is sorting through the Incomplete Chapters of the Earthly Vault, he encounters a string of bizarre events: a glass lamp explodes, characters crawl across the scrolls, and sticky fluid seeps from blood-red jade. Afterward, he is horrified to see his master stained with the fluid, Tang Sanzang’s body transformed, and Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie turned into monsters.
As his investigation deepens, more secrets emerge: a seal on Xuanzang’s brow awakens; the Golden Cudgel conceals a secret and can tear apart reality; the ginseng fruit tree is connected to an evil creature; and Zhenyuan Daxian practices a technique for anchoring time and space, while the young Daoist’s death triggers a time loop.
Under the shadow of Cthulhu, Qingfeng evades pursuit and searches for the truth, trying to break the curse. But can he stay sane on the brink of madness, or will the forces of darkness devour him?
