Starting in Uncle Jiu's World

“Red cord, ink compass, rooster’s blood; yellow talismans and peachwood ward off demons and evil.” When a boy born with a black coffin-shaped birthmark becomes a disciple of Maoshan, and he takes up the mantle of the Maoshan branch devoted to witchcraft and poison arts, the story of Taoist arts and sorcery seems to begin with a knock on the door of the Ren Family Town funeral home: “Uncle-Master, I’m here.”