In the twelfth year of the Republic of China, Peking.
Zhou Xuan, an archivist of the Folklore Society, was sorting through a batch of Shang and Zhou dynasty bones unearthed in Shanxi when he discovered that one of them recorded a completely unfamiliar Nuo ritual. When he accidentally recited the above mantra according to the ancient method, he had a clear dream that night:
In his dream, he saw nine giant cauldrons suspended in the dark void. One of the cauldrons cracked and a liquid that looked like blood and gold flowed out. Words appeared in the liquid - "Under the Nuo surface, where can I find my true self?"
