With my awakened relic-tracing eye, I guard the Nine Tripod Cauldrons and protect China’s dragon veins.
My grandfather’s diary revealed a shocking secret: the Nine Tripod Cauldrons conceal the mysteries of China’s dragon veins! I, Lin Chen, accidentally awakened a supernatural ability. The moment my fingertips touch a relic, I can see a thousand years into its past. But that power dragged me into a deadly international struggle over the cauldrons. The ruthless antiquities smuggler Wei, known as Ghost Hand, the mysterious organization Nightingale, which has laid traps in the shadows, and a tomb-raiding clan bent on plundering ancient graves are all after the cauldrons, hoping to control the dragon veins!
A blood corpse lurks in the Luoshui underground palace, a strange formation awaits in West Lake’s secret realm, and poisonous moths swarm the Jingzhou witchcraft caves! The five of us, including archaeological goddess Su Wan, feng shui heir Zhou Xuanqing, Qin dynasty tomb guardian Qin Yue, and explosives fanatic Zhao Pangzi, join forces to take on powerful enemies on every side. The Yuzhou Cauldron conceals the Tui Bei Tu, while the Yangzhou Cauldron controls the waterways of Jiangnan. Every fragment of a cauldron holds a secret vital to the survival of civilization!
Some betray their conscience for profit, some fall into the abyss out of jealousy, and others abandon the darkness to defend their homeland alongside us. Su Wenbo gives his life to save his daughter, while Sister Snake repents and dies for the cause. The price is steep, but we still believe: to protect the cauldrons is to protect China’s cultural heritage!
When the last fragment falls into place and the dragon veins awaken, the hidden mastermind finally emerges. “Whoever lays a hand on China’s cultural relics, no matter how far away, will be punished!” I, Lin Chen, swear to protect the Nine Tripod Cauldrons with my powers and guard the dragon veins with my life. I will lead the team to become the final guardians of civilization! (Beheading the corpse at Luoshui, solving the mystery at West Lake, escaping the witchcraft caves: nonstop action, with no dull moments. A thrilling, blood-pumping tale of protecting our cultural heritage!)
With Jiuding as the core, it blends history and fantasy to create the soul of civilization, and it also has the thickness and tension of history.