Wall Street's scythe slices through the dawn of China's A-share market. The Elite Society's hegemonic power crushes retail investors' dreams of wealth, while the Beyond Gate's radical fervor burns through the limits of market order. A final struggle between "balance" and "plunder" begins amid the protection and betrayal of the Jikong Sect.
Master Wankong's "Industrial Wealth Circulation System" once built a bulwark in Africa against capital's plunder during the Gold Defense War of the 1970s and the oil crisis. His prized disciple, Chai Jinrong, carries an engraved silver pen and dreams of "building a new sun." Amid the smoke of an A-share market crash, he comes face-to-face with Dai Tianchou, the senior disciple who betrayed their sect.
Dai Tianchou clings to the belief that "balance is too slow; wealth never waits." He founded the Beyond Gate, playing both sides with Zeus Jin of the Elite Society while attempting to rebuild global wealth rules through the "efficient order" of centralized power. A pen bears the Jikong Sect's mark; a wristband is branded with the ambition to "transcend." This is a clash of their fellow disciples' ideals, and a deadly contest between old and new models of wealth.
Nadine's leather notebook holds the secrets of the battle. Yu Yang's Yixing teacup is steeped in his resolve to defend the formation. Yin Yiyi's recorder documents the tears and blood of retail investors. When the Elite Society's cycle of exploitation meets the Jikong Sect's virtuous cycle, and the Beyond Gate's rule by the elite clashes with Chai Jinrong's vision of a new sun, no one can stay on the sidelines.
In this grand financial game, the pieces are the hard-earned savings of millions of retail investors, the board is a turbulent global market, and what the players hold in their hands is not only the will of wealth, but the future course of human civilization.
Before the scythe falls, someone must raise a new sun for the weak.
