The once decadent artist Su Yebai's life trajectory completely changed after an accident. He discovered that his five-year-old daughter Su Anan was actually a special being with a fatal attraction to "unspeakable things" - those monsters and monsters that only existed in ancient legends and urban ghost stories. They coveted his treasured daughter all the time.
It was from that day on that a mysterious "Illustrated Book of Strange Beasts of Mountains and Seas" was bound to his soul.
This illustrated book is both the source of his strength and his curse. He must complete "daddy tasks" - such as "telling a bedtime story that can scare away dream tapirs", "cooking a loving dinner that can appease hungry ghosts", "drawing a picture of a door god that can calm people peeping outside the window" - to unlock the guardian spirit beast in the illustrated book.
From then on, Su Yebai's life was divided into two sides. During the day, he is the omnipotent, gentle and considerate perfect dad in the eyes of his daughter; at night, he is a mysterious guardian holding a paintbrush and using ink as a soldier, summoning the ancient beasts in the illustrated book and fighting silently with thousands of strange monsters crawling out of the shadows.
The ink unicorn he painted can crush the invading evil spirits; the Qingluan he painted can sing the holy sound of purifying filth. However, as An An's physique becomes stronger and stronger, the things attracted become more and more terrifying. Su Yebai knew that he had to keep getting stronger, because in this city divided by neon lights and shadows, he was his daughter's only and last line of defense.
