Detective Dee - The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (HK Title) Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (HK Title) Di Ren Jie Zhi Tong Tian Di Guo (HK Title) Dik Yan Kit Chi Tung Tin Dai Gwok (HK Title) 狄仁傑之通天帝國 (HK Title) Détective Dee - Le Mystère de la flamme fantôme (French Title)
In the city of Luoyang, when the giant stupa is nearly drawing to completion, Jia yi, the construction chief is mysteriously burned to death. Rumors went forth that heaven is punishing secular for its sacrilege behavior. By following heaven's will empress Wu absolves Dee Renjie from betrayal punishment that cause him eight years of misery in the prison and entitles him as the chief of judge of the empire to solve the case of burning corpses. He accepts the challenge and partners with gung-ho commander Bei and royal officer Jing, in order to find out the murder weapon , Dee and his allies make a visit to ghost doctor Wong in the dark ancient city where they bump into an unexpectedly assassination. However chasing after the assassin surprisingly leads them into royal sorcerer's palace, the forbidden pavilion. As things goes more bizarre, when all the evidences are related to royal sorcerer Lu Li, the answer Dee finds put both him and everyone who comes in contact with him in grave danger...