Archaeologist Qi Mo discovers a mysterious fragment of bronze at an excavation site in the Qinling Mountains. The writing on it perfectly matches the research of his father, who disappeared twenty years ago. That night, he is attacked by a mysterious assailant and saved by Zhang Siling, a retired soldier. Together with Wang Pangzi, an antiques dealer, the two set out to uncover the truth and discover that the fragment points to a Western Zhou-era **Bronze Sacred Tree**. It can secrete hallucinogenic substances, and the star map carved into its trunk conceals a startling secret linking it to an ancient civilization.
As their expedition goes deeper, they discover that the Bronze Tree is not an isolated relic but a “node” in an interstellar network. The Japanese searched for it during their invasion of China, a missing scientific expedition once studied it, and the mysterious organization “**Eye of Bronze**” will stop at nothing to activate it. Qi Mo gradually realizes that his father’s disappearance is connected to a civilization plan spanning four thousand years. The Bronze Tree “blooms” once every thousand years, and its last bloom destroyed Atlantis.
**Zhang Siling**’s blood can resonate with the Bronze Tree, **Wang Pangzi**’s ancestral compass hides its coordinates, and behind **Shangguan Qing**’s identity as a member of a tomb-raiding family lies her duty as a “Key Guardian.” When the team tracks down the underwater pyramid beneath the South Sea Guixu Tomb and the Yellow Emperor’s underground palace in the Kunlun Mountains, they finally discover the truth: **the Bronze Tree is alive**. It is waiting for the “key” to awaken it, and Qi Mo’s bloodline may be their last hope…
**, If civilizations are doomed to repeat themselves, who would choose to become the spark that starts it all again?**
