[No Female Lead + Mind Games + Careful Scheming to Survive in the Early Stages, Madness and Rampage Later + Brothers Who Swear Their Loyalty + The Crazier He Gets, the Harder He Fights]
The Dayan Dynasty has a history of six thousand years, yet few know the truth about the state of the realm.
Dayan is the only country here. Everywhere else is shrouded in black fog. Anyone who enters it gets lost and is never seen again.
Many people in the land can turn their deepest obsessions into seeds, burying them deep within themselves.
When triggered from the outside, these seeds split and mutate.
The mutation takes three forms:
"Madness Seeds"
"Emotion Controllers"
"Aberrant Freaks"
When Madness Seeds awaken, they are absorbed into the orthodox factions. Among them, the Imperial Court's Jiaofang Bureau holds the greatest power.
Emotion Controllers, on the other hand, are offshoots of parasitic seeds that can control themselves and retain their minds. They form their own ranks and factions, opposing the orthodox Madness Seeds.
Thus, the orthodox and those Emotion Controllers who retain their minds after failed mutations fight and wear each other down.
A saying is widely passed around among the common folk:
"The will is an obsession in the heart. All thoughts and desires begin with emotion, and all death and suffering end with its loss."
Ordinary people know nothing of the Dayan Dynasty's secrets. Whenever they see awakened seeds fighting, the scent of irises makes them forget what happened.
"Shh, I'll tell you a secret. I'm not just human, you know."
