Lin Damu, a disciple of Longhu Mountain, descends with a ritual fan passed down by his master to guard Locust Tree Lane, where a secret passage between yin and yang lies hidden. Blood seeps from the thousand-year-old locust tree, the Pool of Rebirth churns with crimson waves, and the obsession left behind by the fire of 1949 that refused to burn away is now crawling toward the human world along the tree’s roots. The notebook Sophisticated Notes from Locust Tree Lane, kept by cultural relic researcher Shen Yan, conceals a secret message from her ancestors. The incomplete genealogy of Li Mei, the feng shui master who lives across the lane, points to her master’s name, while the blood mark in her palm awakens the ritual fan’s eight arts. Every streak of golden light enfolds a story left unspoken
