The Eternal Oath: A Long-Life Calamity Across the Ages
A taboo deliberately erased from history. A battle of life and death spanning two thousand years.
What lies buried deep beneath the Lishan mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang is not an endless hoard of treasure, but a world-shaking secret capable of destroying civilization: the Dragon-Patterned Mystic Stone from beyond the heavens, and a mad scheme to pursue immortality. Yet older than any emperor’s ambition is a group of silent watchers. From the end of the Qin dynasty onward, the descendants of the Hundred Schools of Thought have become the Guardians of the Mausoleum, protecting this terrible secret with their bloodlines and oaths, lest it devour the world.
The ages turn, and the undercurrents never rest.
As the dragon energy wanes in the late Qing, as war engulfs the Republic of China, and as the invading Japanese army covets this twisted power, the guardians continue to move through the shadows of history. With wisdom, sacrifice, and even their lives, they repeatedly pull the world back from the brink of collapse.
Now, the ancient seal is weakening amid the roar of modern construction.
A sinister genetic virus spreads from beneath the earth, and beneath the city’s neon lights, mutations and panic begin to take root. The state’s most secretive agency, the Fifth Investigation Office, also known as Bureau 749, intervenes at once, bringing science into direct collision with the unknown. At the same time, the last heirs of the guardians emerge: a scholar from the Aisin-Gioro clan, a daughter of the Yehe-Nara family, and the current leader of the Mohist school. They bring with them ancestral instructions and long-sealed keys.
The ultimate race against time begins!
The Dragon Flame special forces escort experts and guardians deep into the heart of the Lishan mausoleum, a place never recorded in the history books. Awaiting them are deadly mechanisms that unite the wisdom of the ancient Hundred Schools, and something on the verge of...
