本书是作者继1983年出版的《卡珊德拉》之后，又一部同类题材的重要小说，它们有异曲同工之妙，同为借用古希腊神话中的人物针砭现实生活的作品；面世后亦好评如潮，成为轰动一时的畅销书。 千百年来，美狄亚被看成一个凶残狠毒的女人，她为了爱情而不惜背弃父亲和祖国；但沃尔夫笔下的美狄亚高贵、美丽和善良。作者通过演绎古希腊神话人物的故事。反映了以美狄亚为代表的女性对男权社会的反抗；揭示现代生活中人性的缺陷。小说从新的视角探索了德国统一后的一系列社会问题。

The Primus extracts a Mixed Yuan Bead into a Spirit Seed and a Demon Pill. The Spirit Seed can be reincarnated as a human to help King Zhou establish a new dynasty, whereas the Demon Pill will create a devil threatening humanity. Ne Zha is the one who is destined to be the hero, but instead he becomes a devil incarnate, because the Spirit Seed and a Demon Pill are switched.

Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally gets her chance and transforms into a dolphin in order to explore the world that has her fascinated. But she soon discovers that it's a dangerous place and nearly gets killed in a vortex. Luckily, her life is spared when a young boy sacrifices himself to save her. Moved by his kindness and courage, she uses magic to bring him back to life only to learn that this power comes at a serious price. On a new adventure, she’ll have to make her own sacrifices in order to protect his soul until it is ready to return to the human world.

There's a crisis in the Chinese Spirit World -- humans don't believe in gods anymore! A Door God, facing unemployment, ventures into the human world to prove his worth, leading to unexpected encounters and transformations for humans and spirits alike.