Dreamcatcher: The Jindu Case

[Chinese-style horror + fantasy + suspense + investigation + episodic stories] In the golden capital of the Ying Dynasty, dream mists shroud the city. Good dreams condense into crystals, nightmares give birth to baleful spirits, and rampaging ghosts and beasts prowl by night, wreaking havoc among the living.

Dreamcatchers, dream-shifting fighters, and dream cultivators stand as three pillars, guarding the realm of dreams.

Xian Ling is a sweet, spirited girl who disguises herself as a boy. She’s lazy, crafty, and fond of cutting corners, but with one sweep of her gilded dreamcatcher and a ring of her soul-summoning bell, she can suppress evil spirits.

Ji Feng is a cold, aloof dream-shifting fighter. Dressed in red and black, his clothes embroidered with talismans, he draws his dream-slaying sword and scatters every baleful spirit.

From mutual dislike to standing together through life and death, the two travel the world and confront its good and evil:

In a hidden chamber beneath Cenwu Village, the blood-soaked cries of a child’s vengeful spirit expose the hypocritical village chief’s scheme of blood sacrifice;

By an ancient willow on the riverbank in Qishui Village, a yellow hound spirit whimpers out the unfinished grief of a loyal dog who died protecting its master;

Beside a withered well in a grand old mansion, an obsessed spirit clings to its fixation, bearing witness to a tragic love between people of unequal status;

And there are also the heinous deeds of those who eat their children to prolong their lives, a mother and son’s lifelong tragedy born of misunderstanding, and the blood and tears of a wicked academy teacher finally avenged...

Six strange cases, six tales of sorrow and joy, and 9,999 dream-catching rescues reveal the cruelest truth of all: Xian Ling, so lively and charming, is actually the most vicious Wuwang rampaging ghost from a hundred years ago!

As her memories return, her spirit begins to fade. Unwilling either to be reborn and forget the mortal world or to have her soul scattered, she ultimately gathers what remains of her soul into a Dream-Shaking Ring, staying by Ji Feng’s side forever.

A sword and a ring, one soul and one person: together they slay evil spirits, unravel mysteries, and protect the everyday lives of the living.

This is a fated bond spanning the worlds of humans and ghosts, and a stirring Chinese fantasy-horror epic woven with love, hate, sorrow, and joy!