When Qi Minglang, a graduate of the Department of History, accepted an ancient bronze mirror engraved with exotic animal patterns from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" at the antique market, he never thought that this mirror would tear the boundary between reality and myth. The phantom of a stingray that appeared in the mirror, the water ripples that appeared when it touched the mirror, and the ensuing tracking of the mysterious organizations "Zhulong" and "Kunlun" involved him, Lin Xiaohe, a hot-tempered history graduate student downstairs, and Qian Duoduo, an antique vendor who loves money as much as his life, into a suspenseful exploration that spans two worlds.