This novel tells the story of Chen Xun, a scholar with a mysterious life experience. Because of a family heirloom jade pendant "Nine Heavens Ring Pendant" and a strange poison "Floating Life Like a Dream", he was forced to be involved in a shocking mystery that spanned the court and the world. He gradually discovered that he was actually a descendant of the ancient guardian organization "Shou Zeren", and the "Gengwu Incident" eighteen years ago was actually a disaster caused by the greed of the royal family and their attempt to steal the "Source Power", the original power of heaven and earth, which led to the destruction of "Tiangong Pavilion" and the disappearance of his parents with the key "key".
In order to detoxify and find out the truth, Chen Xun formed an alliance with Yun Xi, a mysterious woman with a blood feud. In the intertwining of the Seventh Prince, the surviving family of Nong Chao'er and other forces, he went from the Jiangnan killing bureau to the secret realm of the East China Sea, and then deep into the miasma of the southwest and the imperial palace in the capital, every step of the way was startling. He finally discovered that the current emperor had been parasitized by the source of pollution, and the mastermind behind the scenes, the "National Master" Lin Suwen, was trying to refine the contaminated "Key to the Troubled World" and completely control the Source Sea.
The core conflict of the story is the intertwining of personal destiny and the survival of the world. Chen Xun must collect the pure and turbid "key cores", repair the "Nine Heavens Ring Pendant", restart the "Ocean of Origin" to rectify the source, complete the transformation from survival to protection amidst the intrigues and ancient secrets, and shoulder the ultimate mission of the defenders to balance the source of heaven and earth.
