Su Ming, a genius antique appraiser, is framed and blacklisted from the industry. He is then driven out of his ancestral home by his cousin and his family. At his lowest point, he awakens a supernatural ability that allows him to hear the voices of antiques. Guided by the treasures' own accounts, he discovers hidden gems, including a Shang-Zhou bronze jue vessel and a Northern Song Ru kiln masterpiece. He joins forces with Lin Qingxue, a woman from an auction house, and befriends Wang Dahai. Along the way, he exposes counterfeits and foils the forgery schemes of Zhao Sihai, Ghost Hand, and others. He uncovers the dark secrets behind the Beijing Zhao family's international trafficking of cultural relics and gathers evidence to bring the villains to justice. Rising from an impoverished young man to immense wealth, he is eventually appointed as a national consultant for recovering lost cultural relics, completing his transformation into a guardian of China's national treasures.