The Code of Life tells the story of Zhuang Yan, a top surgeon who accidentally uncovers a genetic mystery spanning three generations after trying to save a teenager who fell from a building. A rare blood-type match during surgery and genetic anomalies triggered by a mysterious antibiotic allergy draw him into the whirlpool of an illegal genetic experiment conducted twenty years ago. Meanwhile, retired professor Ding Shoucheng’s romance with a caregiver sets off a hereditary disease crisis, while pediatrician Su Ming discovers the concealed truth about her twin brother’s birth as she investigates her daughter’s rare illness.
As the mysteries of human cloning and a newborn kidnapping case erupt one after another, the hospital becomes a battlefield where power and genetics collide. Amid the ruins left by an earthquake, a glowing chimera tree breaks through the ground, connecting everyone who carries the Ding family genes. It drives humanity to sign the Bloodline Reconciliation Accord and rebuild a new civilization on the ruins of genetic rights and ethics.
