The Devil Painters

Author：Cobblestone
Publisher：Cite Publishing Ltd.
Published Date：2011.09

【Synopsis】

For thousands of years there has been a mysterious group of artist, which dates back to 2598 BC, that uses their mythical painting techniques to capture demons into drawings. The most oldest and mysterious scroll ever made in China The Classic of Mountains and Seas, originated during the time of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, is actually the master piece of these special artist. Throughout history, they call themselves - The Demon Painters.

The Headless Axeman, The Great Phoenix, The Torch Dragon, all these demons documented in The Classic of Mountains and Seas are all very true and lives upon us. Theses demons have there own “Layers”, and each demon has different sets of layers. When the demons find hosts’ to possess, each host creates a different Layer. For example: The Headless Axeman has six layers, the great warrior Xiang Yu, the Yellow Sorcerer Zhang Jiao, the White lotus cult Han, etc. 　

Following the aftermath of World War 2, the Civil war raging in China came to a breaking point. When Chiang Kai-shek’s central government chose to fall back to Taiwan, there were certain relics that were secretly brought to Taiwan. These powerful relics were called the “Dragon-hide sutra” and were well hidden inside the mountains beneath the Taipei's National Palace Museum.

After a brutal murder of the chief administrator of the Taipei's National Palace Museum, the “Dragon-hide sutra”, and what was secretly hidden in it were all stolen. The Demon Painters was forced to rise from the dark shadows of history, and team up with law enforcements to bring back the relics and restore justice.