A serial killer is victimizing the city of Linghai so criminal police investigator Ji Fan , Captain Xiong Zhen Nan, and forensic doctor Zhao Qing Yan create a task force to launch an investigation. The case becomes complicated when Ji Fan realizes that the killer might be close to him and found to be related to an old case 27 years ago that leads back to his own family - his Ji Ting Shan and older brother Ji Ping who lives with him.

Each story is based on a strange tale from an ancient Chinese text.

Comic artist Hua Xiaozhen’s world is turned upside down when Qin Shaobai, the protagonist of her own manga, unexpectedly comes to life. As they navigate a series of dangers, they work together to uncover the truth behind an assassination plot. Along the way, reality and fiction blur, leading them to an unexpected romance.