In the 1980s, upheaval rocked Southeast Asia, and ships met disaster on the South Seas.
Bai Chuan, a spirit medium and gu master, fled into the bustling streets of Hong Kong under an assumed name to escape the enemies hunting him from the shadows. There, he went into the boat business, taking people out fishing and hunting.
But in this world, no one can always do as they please. One by one, all sorts of people with ulterior motives came onto the scene, following his trail to Hong Kong. They wanted to use him to find the long-lost Sea Treasure Map and lay claim to the seven treasure tombs said to date from Zheng He's voyages to the Western Seas. Though Bai Chuan longed to leave it all behind, he could never truly escape.
From then on, he traveled between Taiwan, Southeast Asia, and Japan, tracing the routes of Zheng He's seven voyages and embarking on a strange quest to find the treasure tombs of the Ming Dynasty.
Dragon Pits and Scorpion Traps, the Hualien Divine Dock, the Badu Suspected Tomb, Japanese Shinto, South Island sorcery, earthbound spirits, the Flower God Immortal Dock, evil monks in black, Buddhist boys, the Dan people of the South Seas... One eerie tomb and bizarre mystery after another came to light. As Bai Chuan journeyed across the seas, he unwittingly uncovered a conspiracy and secret that had lain buried for a century!
