With the elusive sorcerer's name finally in hand, Xue Xian and Xuanmin should be close to reaching their goal. But something between them has shifted--something neither can ignore. As the final seals on Xuanmin's mysterious copper coins begin to crack, long-buried memories surface, altering the course of their journey.
Just as Xue Xian starts to think he might want to keep Xuanmin at his side, fate hurls them into a deadly chase through a nightmarish cave crawling with colossal insects. Yet a venomous bite may prove to be the least of their troubles.
As calamity closes in, the question is no longer who stole Xue Xian's dragon bones--but whether the truth will destroy them both.
