Ye Luming, a history student, accidentally acquires a bronze bell engraved with strange inscriptions and discovers that he can glimpse uncanny phenomena in the Magic City: the skyscrapers of Lujiazui transform into an ancient divine tree, neon lights and ancient script collide across China, and secret Daoist arts and military technology surge beneath the surface. A war to defend civilization, spanning three thousand years, quietly begins, while the revival of spiritual energy heralds the opening chapter of the apocalypse.
