On August 15, 1945, the Japanese flag fell, but a hidden war to devour China’s national fortune had only just begun. On the eve of Japan’s defeat, a secret formation called the “Nine Chrysanthemum Dragon-Locking Array of Fortune Erosion” was laid. Nine sinister arrays were planted deep in China’s dragon veins, using the spirits of the dead as sacrifices and feeding on the earth’s veins, all in a bid to strangle the newborn China in its cradle.