Ee zovut Hu Fanlan. Ona vyglyadit kak chelovek, no otnositsya k drevnemu vidu demonicheskih suschestv - lis-oborotney. Ispokon vekov oborotni podchinyayut sebe rod chelovecheskiy, pitayas emanatsiyami lyudskih dush. No v odin prekrasnyy den buddiyskiy monah otkryvaet v Hu Fanlan bessmertnuyu dushu, i ona stanovitsya pochti takoy zhe, kak lyuboy chelovek.
Aleksandr Lipinskiy neozhidanno dlya sebya stanovitsya nositelem taynogo znaniya daosskogo ordena Strazhey, kotoryy vot uzhe tysyacheletiyami protivostoit oborotnyam. Lisy hotyat podchinit sebe molodogo cheloveka i zastavit sluzhit ih strashnomu delu. Esli u nih poluchitsya, chelovechestvo okazhetsya na krayu gibeli.
No na puti u oborotney stanovyatsya yunaya doch daosskogo patriarha Mey Lin i sama Hu Fanlan. Smogut li oni spasti molodogo adepta taynyh daosskih znaniy, a vmeste s nim - i ves mir?