Rakshasa Street Episode 1 Recap
> Rakshasa Street Recap
The universe, formed 13. 7 billion years ago from a dense, hot singularity, continues to expand, constantly exploring the boundaries of the void until it encounters a parallel world known as Zhenhun Street. This world is home to Spirit Men, Messengers, guardian spirits, and otherworlders. Zhenhun Street connects the spiritual domain and the human world, serving as a place to contain lost souls and suppress evil spirits. Late one night, two humans accidentally stumbled into Zhenhun Street.
They were puzzled, with one asking about a tree and the other identifying it as a locust tree. One recalled an old saying about locust trees being associated with the night parade of a hundred ghosts. Confused about their whereabouts, they were then confronted by a group of spirits. Cao Yanbing, the Zhenhun General of Luocha Street, appeared and directed the humans to an exit 300 steps back. When challenged by the spirits, who questioned his identity ("Who are you?"
) and why he was blocking their path, Cao Yanbing asserted his authority, declaring, "I am Cao Yanbing, the Zhenhun General of Luocha Street! I have the final say on this Luocha Street. Get out!" Intimidated by his presence, the numerous ghosts did not dare to advance further. In the human world, Xia Ling overslept, her alarm repeatedly blaring "Idiot get up!" She rushed out and, while hurrying, bumped into Cao Yanbing, who was working as a delivery driver.
Arriving at her office, her boss immediately reprimanded her for being late, specifically for being 35 minutes late that day, questioning her commitment and demanding she finish the PPT that was expected despite her working on it until 3:30 A. M. Her string of bad luck continued when she encountered Cao Yanbing again while picking up takeout.
He accosted her, angrily recounting how she had caused him trouble earlier and repeatedly demanded compensation for his ruined takeout order and emotional distress. Xia Ling, already frustrated by her day, reacted by physically retaliating. Later, on her commute home, Xia Ling was on a bus that entered a tunnel. Suddenly, an otherworlder manipulated the bus, pulling it into the spiritual domain. Everyone on board, except Xia Ling and a small girl who had earlier offered her a sweet, perished.
Xia Ling witnessed the otherworlder's brutality firsthand. The otherworlder ominously stated, "I smell a mixture of sadness and fear. Such a soul can be called a feast. Go with Me. How about going to hell? You die here and will be reborn in the spiritual domain." Xia Ling tried to escape with the little girl, but their presence was detected. The otherworlder cruelly murdered the little girl in front of Xia Ling, whose mother desperately cried for help.
Overwhelmed by fear, Xia Ling was cornered by the otherworlders, but then Cao Yanbing dramatically arrived on his motorcycle and saved her. The otherworlder mocked Cao Yanbing, calling him a "Zhenhun Master without a guardian spirit" and boasting about their ability to "sneak into the ripples of space" and "enter the world through the door," implying powerful backing. Cao Yanbing dismissed their threats, retorting, "Don't be foolish. I am the light."
To spare Xia Ling from the trauma, Cao Yanbing decided to erase her memory of the event, stating that "remembering too many things would become a burden in life." As he did so, Xia Ling briefly saw her sealed guardian spirit, Li Xuanyuan, who gently assured her, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Xia Ling eventually woke up in a hospital bed, having no recollection of the terrifying bus incident.
She only remembered being on the bus, the tunnel lights going out, and then waking up in the ward. Police officers questioned her about the accident, revealing that she was the sole survivor among all the passengers, found 100 meters from the bus wreckage. Her colleagues, aware of the incident, began to shun her, considering her a source of bad luck. Xia Ling felt isolated, noting, "Everyone seems to be hiding from me.
I'm just a little character who will never die. Suddenly idle, not used to it." During this time, a Messenger named Gui Fu San Tong contacted Xia Ling via video call. He introduced himself and urgently warned her that her survival on the bus was a mere accident and that she was "a dead person" whom "death didn't just let go." He predicted "wave after wave of death danger" would target her.
Gui Fu San Tong gave her specific instructions to avoid danger, such as pausing before exiting buildings, not walking near tall structures or water, avoiding crossing busy streets, and refraining from accepting food or drink from strangers or touching electrical appliances with wet hands. He urged her to go to a specific address to save herself, emphasizing that her life and youth would otherwise end prematurely.
However, Xia Ling, distracted by a delivery call and skeptical, dismissed his words as nonsense and hung up the video call before he could finish. Unbeknownst to Xia Ling, news of Cao Yanbing defeating the otherworlder Shi Pu had reached the otherworlder leadership. They consulted a report confirming that Shi Pu had entered the human world via a door in Luocha Street's spiritual domain, putting him under Cao Yanbing's jurisdiction.
While acknowledging Cao Yanbing's skill, they scoffed at him as a mere human without a guardian spirit, dismissing him as insignificant. One of them, after referring to Cao Yanbing as "General Fire," a title they seemed to disdain despite their own past with figures like "Emperor Zhongjia," arrogantly declared that even the fiercest flames would be extinguished before them.
To avenge Shi Pu, they disregarded the potential repercussions of offending the "person" who allowed Cao Yanbing to act and ordered their subordinates to bring back Cao Yanbing's head, stating that as felons, they had no fear of adding another crime. Meanwhile, in the human world, Xia Ling continued to face strange accidents. Her boss, feigning concern after her bus incident, sent her to pay property fees, then granted her a holiday.
As she left, she vaguely remembered Gui Fu San Tong's warnings about staying put before exiting. Later, near a lake, she scoffed at the idea of encountering ghosts in broad daylight but was abruptly pulled away from the water's edge by a kind passerby after almost falling in. Later, recalling Gui Fu San Tong's warning not to cross busy streets, she found herself in another perilous situation.
A car came speeding towards her, but just as disaster loomed, Li Xuanyuan, her guardian spirit, appeared and saved her, reiterating, "Xia Ling, I won't hurt you." With this undeniable proof, Xia Ling finally believed Gui Fu San Tong's warnings.
She quickly returned to her company, found the address he had given her, and set out for Luocha Street, seeking a courtyard with a large locust tree, as instructed, for its owner, Cao Yanbing, was the only one who could help her. Upon arriving, she asked about a house with a large locust tree, only to be confronted by otherworlders who warned her against trespassing and attacked her.
Just as she questioned what kind of place this was, Cao Yanbing intervened, declaring, "What are you doing? You can't hurt others casually. Let me tell you, this Luocha Street, I have the final say."
