Chen Mo, a restorer at the Palace Museum, is dismissed the night before his permanent position is due to be confirmed.
At his lowest point, the jade thumb ring left by his grandfather activates an ancient appraisal System
[First mission: Restore the bronze ritual vessel in the restoration room, which has been written off as beyond repair. System appraisal: authentic Warring States artifact.]
By the next morning, the entire museum is in shock, and his permanent position is reinstated.
But the System soon issues a gray mission: track down a Xuande burner from the Ming Dynasty that has been switched out at the Palace Museum.
The trail leads to a mysterious organization called the Pavilion of Brightness.
From finding treasures at Panjiayuan to clashes at underground collectors’ gatherings, then a deadly showdown at Tianjin’s docks…
When Chen Mo discovers the numbers of missing cultural relics among his grandfather’s belongings, he finally understands:
His grandfather wasn’t a relic smuggler. He was a guardian.
And Chen Mo’s task is to complete the mission his grandfather left unfinished
to bring China’s national treasures lost overseas back home, one piece at a time.
