The great upheaval of heaven and earth has quietly descended; on the surface, towns remain as calm as still water, but beneath lies an undercurrent of chaos as calamities intensify.
"I'm ascending to immortality!!!"
In the marketplace, a frenzied man clad in a Daoist robe shouts hysterically, his exposed skin covered in pustules, oozing a nauseating stench.
The passersby quickly avoid him, privately lamenting how the number of lunatics in the town has grown recently.
Suddenly.
The man collapses onto the ground, motionless. His spine arches upward, his skin seemingly about to split open, as if an unknown entity is attempting to break free from within.
The rancid stench spreads, causing children to foam at the mouth and collapse.
The townsfolk finally react, shouting frantically as they distance themselves from the man, plunging the town into chaos, with fruits and vegetables scattered across the streets.
Splurt, splurt, splurt.
The skin tears open.
