After a fatal car accident, overworked office worker Qi Ming doesn't die. Instead, he discovers that he has become a "Chosen One." A broken hourglass appears in his palm, granting him the power to stop time.
Intoxicated by the thrill of controlling fate, he uses his divine power to punish evildoers and seize wealth, losing himself in power games beyond the wildest dreams of ordinary people.
Then a life-or-death decision in a rainstorm shatters his arrogance completely: time can be stopped, but it can't save everyone.
The mysterious silver-haired woman Lin You reveals an even crueler truth:
"What you inherited is a fragment of the God of Time, and a curse. The other Chosen Ones will hunt you and devour you... until one of you becomes the new god."
To protect the innocent, Qi Ming forcibly reverses time, at the cost of his divine nature shattering and blood pouring from every orifice. On the brink of death, three transcendent factions have him surrounded ten thousand meters beneath the sea:
The bloodthirsty claws of Luo Xiao, the Blood Shadow; the mechanical army of the Thousand-Faced Artisan; and Lin You's enigmatic mission as a "Gatekeeper"... Their ultimate goal is the cosmic treasure at the heart of the volcanic furnace: the Axis of Eternity.
When the hourglass finally shatters, his bloodied hand points toward the source of time.
The whispered words echo through the abyss:
"Time... is not a plaything."
