In nineteen sixty-eight, the Daoist headquarters on Mount Longhu was raided by the Red Guards. The Celestial Master Zhang Enpu, forced into exile, encountered Liu Dashao, a local rogue born with Yin-Yang eyes, during his escape. Due to a simple act of charity—a single meal shared—Zhang Enpu resolved to personally intervene and save the village where the protagonist resided, a village already steeped in malevolent energy.

The two battled spectral visitations, quelled the village shrine, fought the walking dead, and entered haunted graves, facing life-and-death situations repeatedly until they finally earned the villagers' acceptance and the livelihood of Yin-Yang Masters, thus sustaining themselves. Yet, fate turned against them. As the movement to 'overthrow the Ox-Ghosts and Snake-Spirits' gained momentum, Zhang Enpu was denounced by the very villagers whose trust he had won. Paraded through the streets, unable to bear the humiliation, he fell from a building, sustaining grievous injuries. In his final moments, Zhang Enpu passed the Master’s Token of Longhu Mountain to Liu Dashao, hoping the young man could preserve the final spark of Daoism.

To fulfill his master’s dying wish, the disheartened Liu Dashao reluctantly affixed a pair of thin whiskers, shouldered his peach wood sword, and stepped into the turbulent current of urban charlatans and miracle workers. Amidst his cons and deceptions, he began to accept a series of unbelievable, high-priced commissions, employing the secret Daoist arts he had learned to exorcise ghosts, banish demons, and subdue evil.

In order to unravel the bizarre supernatural incidents described by his employers, his footsteps spanned nearly the entire North Country and the Southern Frontier, the Western Regions and the Eastern Sea, even venturing as far as the European and American continents, all to chase after those seemingly insignificant, yet intricately linked, threads of clues.

From the Netherworld's Ghost Halls to the Hanging Coffins of the Qinling Mountains, from the Lake Monster of Tianchi to the Corpse-Driving of Xiangxi, from Christian legends to the Seven-Day Death Trap.

The mysterious Sanxingdui, and that bronze mask responsible for the successive deaths of archaeologists.

The vast expanse of the Northeast, and the seventy-two hidden tombs left behind by the formidable Cao Mengde.

On the campus where dreadful ballads gradually rose, the weekly sky-high suicide was enough to send chills down the spine.

From this emerged a sequence of heart-stopping, bizarre encounters, and masses of ancient mists that defied explanation, all of which would be thoroughly awakened in the protagonist’s memories.

Perhaps, while marveling at the profound depths of traditional Chinese Daoist arts, you will sigh that the malice in the human heart sometimes proves more vicious than the cruelty of ghouls and demons.

Perhaps, just as you finish a chapter, relieved that the monsters and spirits have been subdued, our Liu Dashao will already be standing silently behind you, gazing at the vengeful spirit clinging to your back, smiling without a word...

(Note: This novel will use real events from that time as a prelude to lift the mysterious veil on the 'Celestial Master Sect,' a school of exorcism within Daoism more profound than the Maoshan sect. The author hereby warns that this book will detail methods for summoning gods and dispatching ghosts, the basic principles of drawing talismans and their incantations, various techniques for banishing spirits and averting disaster, reshaping fate, and arrays for modifying Feng Shui—all will appear. Therefore, dear readers, absolutely do not imitate these practices casually, and especially do not employ sinister Feng Shui arrays to harm others, for the consequences are beyond your ability to bear and may very well curse your descendants. This is not mere boastfulness or idle talk; some things are truly beyond the common understanding. Crucially, if you encounter problems, contact me directly; never attempt imitation casually. Absolutely essential, absolutely essential!)