A blood-stained invitation, an immortal glass lamp, and a death contract spanning a thousand years.
Shen Liyue, a doctor of classical literature, received an anonymous gift: a fragment of a Tang Dynasty glazed lotus lamp and a riddle-like message. That night, the curved floor-to-ceiling windows exploded and the glass lamp disappeared. He only remembered the broken glass on the ground and the excessively bright moonlight.
The only clue left at the scene points to an unsolved case twenty years ago - the mysterious death of his father, Shen Mo, and the violent death of another scholar, Jiang Linyuan, which occurred on the same night, five kilometers apart. Before their deaths, both of them were tracing the whereabouts of the same batch of Tang Dynasty colored glaze wares.
When "Heritage Protection Consultant" Jiang Lianmo came to visit, he only asked two questions:
"Why did you say 'Liu Li' repeatedly when you were unconscious?"
"Did your father leave you a lamp?"
Two men, each harboring secrets, are forced to embark on a desperate journey to find the truth. They discovered that what their fathers had used their lives to cover up was not the smuggling of ordinary cultural relics—but a shocking seal that began in the Tang Dynasty.
The nine glazed lotus lamps are nine "locks".
The nine underground palaces hidden in the city are nine "doors".
What is sleeping behind the door is an "inhuman thing" that even history books dare not record.
The gatekeepers must swear by blood and live by life.
When the "Heart Key" mark on Shen Liyue's chest began to feel hot,
When Jiang Lianmo dug out the blood-stained glass star map from his father's belongings,
When an inhuman whisper came from the ancient well of Ci'an Temple——
They finally understood: the death of their fathers twenty years ago was not the end, but the prologue.
The theft of the glass lamp was not accidental, it was "they" looking for a new key.
The real purpose of that lamp is not to illuminate, but to open the door.
"The glass reflects the moon, and the moon shines on the abyss. The abyss is deep and bottomless, and there are thousands of words hidden at the bottom."
——And you and I are the last ones to understand these thousand words.
In the fate of being destined to sacrifice, look for the glimmer of light to fight side by side
Purpose: Cherish life
"Broken Flowers"