Král Zhou se přidává na "temnou stranu síly", i kvůli své manželce, krásné a krvežíznivé liščí démonce. Panovníka, jehož vnitřní síla se má brzy ještě znásobit, může zastavit pouze meč světla. Ten je ovšem nejprve zapotřebí najít a za tím účelem vzniká něco jako "společenstvo prstenu".
V Luo-jangu se dějí záhadné věci: válečníci v maskách rozsévají zločin po celém městě, liška před barem začne mluvit lidskou řečí, draci na sloupech paláce ožívají a nebeští králové ve svatyni se mračí. Dee se musí vypořádat s překážkami, které mu do cesty klade císařovna Wu a rozluštit, co za těmito mysteriózními událostmi stojí.
Lawrence is a traveling merchant selling various goods from a horse-drawn cart. One day, he arrives at a village and meets a beautiful girl with the ears and tail of an animal! Her name is Holo the Wisewolf and she brings bountiful harvests. She wishes to return to her homeland, and Lawrence offers to take her. Now, the once-lonely merchant and the once-lonely wisewolf begin their journey north.
Lawrence, a traveling merchant searching for profit, finds a naked girl with the ears and tail of a wolf asleep in his cart. Her name is Holo – a harvest goddess with an untamed beast lurking inside who longs to return to her beloved northern home. Armed with his street smarts and her animal instincts, a simple peddler and a forgotten deity begin a journey through the wild countryside. Along their path, the riches of happiness shall be reaped, even as the bankruptcy which dwells in the human heart is exposed.
The son of an aristocratic family Wang Yuanfeng is not interested in wealth or romance but is obsessed with solving cases. After he accidentally saves the kind-hearted and naive fox spirit, Xiao Cui, she marries him to pay the debt of gratitude. Yuanfeng, however, stays away from her while Xiao Cui continuously makes trouble for him. When Yuan Feng later becomes county magistrate, she helps him with his investigations.
Each story is based on a strange tale from an ancient Chinese text.
