In 1927, Shanghai was a fighting arena for warlords, gangs, and compradors. Secretly, Western magic families and Eastern Taoist sects competed in parallel, and magic spells and talisman Taoism competed against each other. Foreign companies sell magic potions privately, Qinggang raises fuwu masters, and wizards and Taoist priests fight for business in the concession. Lu Chendeng is a magic apprentice who returned from studying abroad. He took over his family's bankrupt business. Using magic + business + Taoist connections, he started from scratch in a ten-mile foreign market and eventually became a Chinese business giant who controls the underground order.
