A hundred years ago, five people sacrificed themselves to seal a formation, binding their fates together in reincarnation.
Documentary photographer Lin Wanxing has been able to see the regrets of the dead since birth. Whenever she points her camera at forgotten places in the city, she finds herself catching a lifetime of grievances that no one else can see.
The aloof, taciturn antiquarian book restorer Lu Shiyan bears a curse that promises an early death, and spends his days surrounded by old formation papers. Lawyer Su Yao believes in evidence and the law, yet is repeatedly forced to confront bizarre events that defy common sense. Network engineer Jiang Xu jokes around, but always uses his technical skills to bail everyone out in haunted realms. Psychologist Shen Zhiyan sees through the fates of others, keeping his love for someone carefully hidden in his heart, never letting a word slip.
Fragments in the archives, old village rituals, and illusions in mirrors strike one after another. The seal on the Myriad Illusions Ruins is weakening, and wrongful deaths and obsessions from a bygone era are sweeping into the present as layers of eerie shadows.
They do not slay vengeful spirits. They seek the truth. As they deal with one strange and dangerous situation after another, they also have to manage the team's daily bickering and banter.
As fate spanning generations bears down on them, some find the companionship they longed for, while other feelings remain forever among the lamplight of years gone by.
Theme: Face regrets, respect obsessions, and accept every imperfect ending.
