The morning mist in Qinglian Mountain has not yet dispersed, and Ye Yao has already made a secret to evoke a wisp of green smoke - the wooden secret "" spreads like a vine, sensing the restless spiritual power on the edge of the city. He is an orphan raised by the old Taoist Ye Shihai. He has learned the Five Elements Technique to seal the strange beasts in the "Shan Hai Jing", but he would rather hide in the mountains. Until Lin Shuting, a new member of the folk museum, knocked on the door of the Taoist temple and brought about the "abnormal events" that occurred continuously in Wanxiang City.
Lin Shuting firmly believes in science and regards Ye Yao as a charlatan who pretends to be a magician. But when she saw with her own eyes the white mist sword in Ye Yao's hand and the black smoke forming ropes - the golden formula "cast" and the water formula "" were intertwined, sealing the out-of-control alien beast into the stone statue in the palm of his hand. All this overturned her understanding: it turns out that the strange beasts in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" really exist, and are spiritual beings attached to ancient objects or nature; and urban expansion and drastic changes in the environment are forcing them into a rage.
Ye Yao meditated on mission after mission. He has seen gentle stingrays that just want to return to their nest, and he has also encountered ferocious rays that were disturbed by developers. Zhang Tianshao, director of the folk museum, Deng Qifeng, a veterinarian, and Song Feier, a cultural relic restorer, gradually gathered to support him, but the real contradiction always lingered: when bulldozers roll over the mountains and forests, when neon lights engulf the stars and the moon, how can the balance of coexistence between humans and alien animals be reestablished?
In the darkness, the real estate project of Deng Tian, the richest man in Wanxiang City, is quietly changing the ground, and more strange beasts are awakening in the shadows...
