Freelance illustrator Chen Mo's life was originally filled with rent and chores, but because of a Peony card box and a strange bronze mirror that appeared out of thin air, he was involved in the secrets of his ancestors that spanned decades. The dark shadows in the mirror that kept knocking on the door, the neighbors suspended in mid-air, and the men in black holding cloths pushed him into the fateful whirlpool of "defender".
Lin Xiaoman, the most trusting person, had a plan to lead him to become a sacrifice hidden behind his smile; the second uncle who suddenly appeared had a deeper reversal hidden in the "fact" that he had not finished speaking before his death. The legend of the "soul-nurturing place" in the old locust forest, the truth about the fire in 1943, and the mystery of his father's mysterious disappearance, as the cracks in the bronze mirror continue to spread - when the reflection in the mirror coincides with his own appearance, and when the agreement between the two clans to defend the battle becomes a bloody contract, Chen Mo discovers: The so-called fate is just a cage carefully woven by someone, and he is the bait in the cage, and perhaps the only one who can break the cage.
Every time he gets closer to the truth, there will be a more bitter betrayal; every time a conspiracy is solved, a more terrifying unknown will appear in the mirror. He must distinguish who is the chess piece and who is the chess player before the black mist swallows everything, and more importantly, is the "it" that looks exactly like him in the mirror trying to replace him, or is it warning him?
Purpose: Break feudal superstition