Linden Voss, a mark on his palm burning, is forced into the world of Taoist practitioners. His father Ethan Voss left a 49-day countdown. The Abyssal Covenant targets him; Julian Quinn intends to use him to open the Kunlun Ruins. Linden teams with Zoe Sterling, Gideon Croft, and Holden Grant to uncover his father's imprisonment. At Kunlun Ruins, Gideon sacrifices himself, Heaven's Eye shatters, and the lineage is carried forward.