Qi Xia wakes amid the ruins of an earthquake. He thinks he has survived disaster, only to discover that the world around him is full of uncanny things. His wife, Lin Wan, has tiny but fatal inconsistencies. His friend Chen Junnan acts strangely, and even Chu Tianqiu, who sacrificed himself long ago in the Land of the End, has reappeared. As one bizarre incident follows another, Qi Xia realizes he is trapped in his eleventh cycle, and this time the rule of the game is to find everyone who has been replaced. A shattered jade pendant, a mysterious Dao talisman, the lights and shadows on a Ferris wheel, and the secrets of the City God Temple all point him toward the truth. Qi Xia must navigate the gaps between cycles, fight the impostors lurking everywhere, and collect 3,600 Dao in order to find the real Lin Wan and expose the greater conspiracy behind the Land of the End. The hunt across cycles has begun.
