Beneath the Demon’s Skin

[A flirtatious, affectionate demon hunter with a surprising side] x [A girl with divine powers who feels neither joy nor sorrow]

At the end of winter in the twenty-seventh year of the Dajing era, the divine light at Yunxu Mound suddenly went out, and Lord Wenze Mountain fell.

The herb-gathering girl Sang Wu inherits divine power through a twist of fate, but a secret art strips away her capacity for love, leaving her with no memories.

The seals crumble, and the demons prepare to flee into the human world. One bizarre mystery follows another: a flayed corpse with its throat torn out appears at Luoshui Crossing; a haunted opera stage deep in the bamboo grove lights up by itself at midnight; a child whispers the name of a deceased ancestor to the moon...

Panic grips the people. Shen Zhezhou of the Demon-Hunting Bureau receives orders from the capital to stamp out the chaos, and unexpectedly meets Sang Wu, who has become entangled in a murder case.

“Patricide and matricide. What a neat trick.”

Shen Zhezhou clutches a wanted notice in his palm.

Sang Wu looks up toward the riverbank. Behind every corpse stands the shadow of an invisible demon.

“Keep me here, and I can help you solve the case.”

Shen Zhezhou scoffs, his gaze turning colder. “How can an ordinary human like you help me?”

Sang Wu replies calmly, “Demons disguise themselves in borrowed skin, but I can see their true forms.”

Shen Zhezhou pauses, then lifts her chin.

“If you deceive me, the words on that wanted notice will become your epitaph.”

To protect herself and recover her memories, Sang Wu decides to join the Demon-Hunting Bureau.

Spring turns to summer. One mystery after another is solved, and every hidden truth comes to light...