In the twenty-ninth year of Yong'an, in the land of Shenzhou, the Great Qian Dynasty had stood for more than five hundred years. The aging emperor, desperate to cling to life, summoned extraordinary talents from across the realm to the capital and established the Bureau of Unusual Scholars, where they refined elixirs and sought the path to immortality. The emperor grew increasingly obsessed and withdrew from governing. Meanwhile, the crown princes of the Eastern and Western Palaces fought fiercely for the throne, leaving the court in disarray, the realm sliding into chaos, and demons multiplying…
That year, Chen Chuan arrived in this strange world of Liaozhai myths...
