The story is rooted in a world where reality coexists with a hidden system of esoteric arts. Since Jiang Taigong enfeoffed Qi, the Qingqiu Fox Clan has been suppressed beneath the earth's ley lines by Lü Shang using the Qingzhou Ding. For generations, the Li clan has watched over the seal as its "guardians of the cauldron." During the Cultural Revolution's campaign to destroy the Four Olds, the seal was damaged, and the Fox Clan's power began to seep into the human world. After China entered the Reform and Opening-Up era, changes to rural power structures collided violently with the ancient bloodlines' inherited mission.
