The shadow of Cthulhu envelopes the city, and the spiritual tide pours in, giving birth to aberrant monsters and awakened ones. Lu Yin, an ancient watchmaker, simultaneously awakened the orthodox power of manipulating space-time formations and the taboo power of stealing concepts during the night when time stagnated. When the thirteen spiritual secret paths appear in the world, undercurrents of forces from all sides surge. The pocket watch hides dimensional coordinates, and the missing mother is intertwined with the truth of the ninth ladder. With dual powers, he embarks on the thorny road of becoming the "gatekeeper" of reality amid the choice between protection and destruction.
