In a sweltering, muggy midsummer, thirteen-year-old Zhenhua, driven by childish recklessness, ventured into the forbidden banana grove outside his village.

That night, a chilling encounter with a red-clad woman left him weak and listless. His family sought help, leading him to a fat, seemingly lazy monk at the village temple.

Under the monk's tutelage, Zhenhua began a desperate struggle against the evil spirits plaguing him, a battle that would forever change his fate.