Night Watchers do not guard the night. They guard those who are still willing to wait for dawn.
In the dead of night in Shanghai, a century-old vengeful spirit lurks within the Bund's clock tower chimes, while an unresolved curse lies buried beneath the Huangpu River. Abandoned as a baby, Ye Wumian grew up carrying the bronze lamp his parents left behind. Sealed within him are twelve locks of reincarnation. Each one he breaks grants him a fraction of power, while bringing him closer to the truth: the Primordial First Night Watcher is parasitizing his body, the one who once sought to slaughter all living things and ignite an eternal night with the souls of all beings, the "Lord of Eternal Night."
When protection and destruction are separated by only a single step, Ye Wumian must answer this: If even you are darkness, would you still dare to pass the lamp on?