1972, Chengdu. Genius magician Chen Huan was turned into an enemy spy with "conclusive evidence" overnight when his props were transferred during a performance. After being imprisoned and witnessing the system being penetrated, he was forced to use the most shocking method - to perform "the disappearance of the iron cage" in front of everyone, and fled to the end of the world.
Wanted across the country, pursued by both black and white. He went into exile in the mountains of western Sichuan, where he studied survival and illusion philosophy under the tutelage of Taoist priests and veterans. In the dark alleys of the city, he established a "dead mailbox" connection with the suspicious female detective Shen Qing. While on the run, he discovered that his life experience was a mystery and that his grandfather might be a double agent codenamed "Ghost." The truth about his bloodline almost crushed him.
From prey to hunter, Chen Huan turns stage illusion into a sharp blade to pierce the conspiracy. He gathered old friends from the martial arts world and those who were awakened within the system, and staged a shocking illusion in a performance involving tens of thousands of people at the Provincial Gymnasium, exposing the high-ranking insider "accounting room" in public. In the end, he faced off against the ultimate opponent "The Shopkeeper" who had been lurking for 26 years in a top-secret base - there was no gunfight, only the torture of memory and existence.
This is a war that uses "deception" to protect the truth. When the magician no longer escapes from the system, but makes full use of its rules, the most gorgeous tricks really begin.
