Eerie Descent: Joining Bureau 749 to Capture Demons and Subdue Ghosts

749, a mysterious and unfamiliar organization! The rain pours down, thunder crashes. This isn’t a game promo image. It’s a century-old green python about to survive its tribulation and take human form! A traffic accident, no survivors. This wasn’t a vehicle malfunction. It was an evil ghost wreaking havoc beneath the bridge! An abandoned apartment, shadows flickering everywhere. Those aren’t reflections. They’re a horde of ghosts out hunting for prey. … A purple-robed Celestial Master from Mount Longhu: Fellow Daoist Jing, would you join my Mount Longhu Temple? I’ll offer you our finest thunder techniques. Jing Xiao: Thunder techniques? You mean something like this? In an instant, billions of bolts of lightning tore open the sky. A colossal thunder dragon coiled through the heavens, illuminating all creation. A merit Buddha from the Vajra Sect: Benefactor Jing, would you be willing to take refuge in the Buddha? I can offer you the Great Compassion Palm. Jing Xiao: Buddhist magic? Suddenly, it was as bright as day! A golden Buddha ten thousand feet tall rose from the earth, its radiance shining across the land! “Sorry, but cultivation techniques are the one thing I have no shortage of.” “I, Jing Xiao, have never cultivated virtue in my life. I only love slaying demons and vanquishing evil!” … A curvy painted-skin ghost… “Daring evil spirit, trying to disturb my Daoist heart! You’ll get the tortoise-shell bind!” A fox spirit that’s cultivated for a century… “Daring demon, causing trouble? You’ll get the little whip!” Colleague: Brother Jing, could you teach me how you subdue demons? “Your cultivation is still too shallow. You wouldn’t be able to handle it yet.” Colleague: Brother Jing, how do you subdue all these beautiful monsters? “With my natural charm.” “…” After the strange and supernatural descended upon the world in full force. The head of the Tushan Fox Clan: One of my Tushan foxes is actually serving a human? Wait, how is she already a Demon King?! The Ghost King of Fengdu: What? I’m not the Ghost King? A painted-skin ghost has become the new Ghost King? And she’s a human’s servant? And it all points to one person. Jing Xiao!