The Lost Dragon Vein: Guardians of the Tombs in a Time of War

In 1928, the forces of warlord Sun Qizong (Sun Dianying) brazenly looted the Eastern Qing Tombs. After the double blow of his elder brother’s murder and the desecration of the mausoleum, tomb guardian Shen Moshang pretended to surrender and infiltrated the looting party. He soon discovered that the Japanese Black Dragon Society was lurking behind Sun Qizong. Their target was no ordinary treasure, but fragments of the Imperial Seal, said to be capable of “defying fate and changing one’s destiny.”

In the perilous underground palace, Shen Moshang encounters Lin Wanqing, a revolutionary operative disguised as a newspaper reporter. From mutual suspicion to standing together through life and death, they join forces to lay a “scheme within a scheme,” using feng shui, mysticism, and psychological maneuvering to contend with the warlord amid the maze of tombs.

From the Eastern Tombs to Heiyun Mountain, from the Diamond Wall to the underground river, they inch closer to the thousand-year-old secret behind the seal fragments: a hidden sect called the Dragon-Worshipping Cult, dating back to the transition from the Yuan to the Ming dynasty, is deeply connected to the Qing dynasty’s dragon veins. Meanwhile, the bond between Shen Moshang and Lin Wanqing is tempered and strengthened through one trial after another in these troubled times.

When the final truth comes to light and they face the ultimate choice between their duty to the nation and their personal feelings, can they protect the national treasure and turn the tide? The battle of intrigue over the dragon veins and the Imperial Seal has only just begun...