Chapter 1

Origins [缘起 Yuán Qǐ] is the first chapter of Tong Yao's Guardians of Night.

Summary
The chapter begins with an exposition coupled with images of ancient times that describe how humans and demons have lived in harmony due to their opposite routines for thousands of years.

Back to the present day, Huang Xiaoyan stands on the roof of a twenty-story building and remarks how the world has been thrown into chaos as she observes a bustling city at night. She turns away and walks to the center of the roof, using her Astrology Prediction Formation to create the projection of an Eight Trigrams symbol before her. Stepping into the Eight Trigrams, Huang Xiaoyan opens her Heaven Eye to divine the future. Upon divining that the only hope in fixing in the world rests upon "The Star of Hope", who will appear at Xiahou High School, she declares that she will either find them or become the Star herself. Xiaoyan is then surprised by Ye Yan, who is dressed in his "The Lonely Mushroom" costume.

Upon being questioned by Ye Yan, Huang Xiaoyan refuses to reveal her identity and prepares to knock him out with a punch, only to be interrupted by a police officer shouting through a megaphone. A crowd of people and police have gathered on the ground near the building, believing that she was attempting suicide from jumping off the building. Ye Yan mistakenly believes this, and attempts to tackle her to prevent her from jumping as she looked for the stairs. However, while running, he trips on his shoelaces, causing him to accidentally fall and push Huang Xiaoyan off the edge of the roof.

Chapter Notes

 * This is the first chapter in the series.
 * Huang Xiaoyan and Ye Yan are introduced.
 * Ye Yan's performance art "The Lonely Mushroom" debuts.
 * Ye Yan notes that he considered suicide two years ago while attempting to sympathize with Huang Xiaoyan.
 * Ye Yan pushes Huang Xiaoyan off the roof of a building after tripping on his shoes' laces.