Pei Jianan, the youngest archaeology professor at Huzhou University, has a face that gets him into trouble and an ancestral silver ring he can't take off.
He thought his life would be all ancient books and dust, until a video shattered his peace.
Deep in the desert, an image from two thousand years ago had been unearthed. In it, the last queen of the ancient kingdom of Roulan, Alantiya, wore a red dress like a flame. Around her neck was a ring identical in every detail to the one on his finger.
The gears of fate began to turn.
He flew to the desert, where he found the queen's mummy, whose face had not changed in her coffin; a dreamlike kingdom from ancient legend, where women held power and every night was filled with song and dance; and a series of astonishing mysteries, each connected to the next.
Why did carbon dating point to modern ink?
If she was his ancestor, why did her gaze seem to linger on him like a lover reunited after a long separation?
Only when the ring first began to glow of its own accord in the ancient tomb did Pei Jianan understand:
This was no archaeological expedition.
It was a grand reunion, planned for him long ago and spanning two thousand years.
The golden age has fallen, and the yellow sands have buried its splendor.
And she is waiting for you to awaken her with your own hands.
[Mutual devotion] [Mystery]
