When Jiang Yan (Jiang Wulang), the tragic NPC from Where Winds Meet, bears the accusation of “killing his father and stealing the jade” and disappears without a trace, he slips through a rift in time and space while on the verge of death. Covered in blood, he collapses in front of the car of Lin Nan, a journalist in 2025, intertwining the fates of two worlds.
From the bloody chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms to the strange, dazzling modern city, Jiang Yan is forced to confront the gulf of a thousand years. With Lin Nan's help, he struggles to hide his identity and heal, starting with learning to use a phone and adapt to modern rules. Yet the wanted notice in the game still lists his “crimes,” and it seems that the pursuers from his past have arrived in the present too. Community investigations and mysterious tips make danger close in at every turn.
As his investigative partner, Lin Nan tries to unravel the mysteries surrounding him, only to discover that she has become entangled in an even bigger whirlpool. Jiang Yan must choose between clearing his name and protecting the person at his side. Drawing on a warrior's wisdom honed over a thousand years, he must prove his innocence within the rules of the modern city and find a true emotional home and a new beginning in this utterly unfamiliar age, something that transcends code and time.
This is a story of redemption, adaptation, and redefining “existence.” When a soul carried by data enters the real world, an extraordinary journey across a thousand years begins.
