Returning from the end to the beginning, Brian Carter has gone back to the era before his first rebirth, but has lost all memories from his three previous reincarnations.

If he had never been reborn, without the golden finger of memory, what kind of person would he be? In the surging tide of the great Reform and Opening Up, would he be a trailblazer standing at the crest of the wave, or just a spray shattered by the tide?

Will his memories ever return? Will Grace Bennett still accompany him in this life? What kind of connection will Laura Grant have with him in this lifetime? Will Uncle Carter still be that henpecked husband? Who else will get entangled with him? Could all of this just be a dream...

Even Brian Carter himself can't answer these questions. He is just stumbling forward along a slightly deviated track, and every time he encounters a familiar scene, he feels a sense of déjà vu.