Beginning with the Art of Communing with Ghosts

Daoism teaches that “the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits govern transformation, while the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends govern transmutation.” The transformations of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirits follow the principle of “conforming to the patterns of the earth and carrying out the decrees of Heaven.” This is called “Heavenly Spirit transformation,” the transformation of all things in the heavens and earth according to one’s will, the transformation of the “Dao.” The transmutations of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, meanwhile, are the “artistic transformations” of yin and yang, the Five Elements, the Nine Palaces, and the Eight Trigrams. In this world, bandits run rampant, while ghosts, demons, and monsters wreak havoc among humanity, hunting people down to devour them. Yang Yi wields the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirit Arts and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Techniques, and swears to attain the Dao and become an immortal in this world!