Guardians of the Chinese Zodiac: Fighting Darkness Together

After the primordial world was settled, the Three Realms were divided into their proper order. The Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches turned in an endless cycle, and the twelve Earthly Branches corresponded to the twelve zodiac animals. Each governed the fortune of a region, protecting all living beings in the human realm. In ancient times, the Heavenly Emperor appointed twelve spirit beasts as the guardian deities of the zodiac. They guarded the twelve earthly ley lines, maintained the balance of yin and yang, protected the mortal world from chaos year after year, and passed down their immortal essence through the generations.

As the ages passed and millions of years flew by in an instant, the bloodlines of the ancient divine beasts gradually faded into the mortal world, taking on human bodies. They awaited the call of destiny, when their divine blood would awaken and they could return to their posts as guardians.