At the end of the Yisi year, locusts plagued the fields, and the Yu Dynasty fell into a barren year of thousands of miles of red land. Wang Hui, the son of a farmer, has been favored by his family since he was a child, but he hides the secret of the time traveler and the inheritance of strange magic. When the village selected him and his young sister Wang Ya as human sacrifices in order to seek "the blessing of the mountain god", Wang Hui finally broke the mask of cowardice, used the muscle-devouring Gu to break the situation, and fled with his sister to the end of the world.
Official roads were robbed, refugees were intercepted and killed, and officers and soldiers were exploited. In the famine years, people's hearts were more ruthless than wolves. In order to collect hundreds of life sacrifices, Xuan Qing, a Taoist priest from Black Wind Temple, kidnapped Wang Ya with the soul-locking Gu, hoping to use the evil sacrifice to attract blessings from the "mountain god". On the one hand, his sister's life is threatened, and on the other hand, innocent children are reduced to sacrifices. Wang Hui is forced to walk on the dark edge of human nature and witchcraft.
He feeds Gu with essence and blood, relies on obsession to break the situation, and works step by step amidst the power disputes and witchcraft conspiracies in Qingxi County. Hungry poison swallows resentment, rotten bone poison kills villains, and tracing poison explores the truth. This journey of survival, wrapped in blood and tears, is not only the desperate redemption of the two brothers, but also the strongest counterattack against the despotic people's customs and the corrupt government in the lean years and troubled times. When the neighing of the poisonous insects resounds throughout the Black Wind Temple, Wang Hui will finally use the insects as blades to split the chaotic world and protect his loved ones and conscience.
I feel like magic is not powerful yet😂