Beneath the bustling modern city lies an ancient Chinese talismanic sequence system, distinct from Western supernatural powers and built entirely on *The Classic of Mountains and Seas*, talismans, formations, folk traditions, and the legacies of ancient gods. Thirty-six world-guarding talismanic sequences exist between heaven and earth, corresponding to Chinese supernatural arts such as yin-yang, feng shui, warding off evil, exorcism, spirit command, mystical perception, and reading qi.
The chain of inheritance was broken at the end of the Qing dynasty, and most ancient talismanic sequences were lost. Only a few reclusive families, Daoist temples, and ancient academies preserve incomplete traditions. In modern cities, baleful energy gathers, sinister forces run rampant, the demons of the old era awaken, and folk taboos become reality. The authorities establish the [Talisman Suppression Bureau], gathering the surviving practitioners of the talismanic arts to guard the city against the occult.
