"He has been a disappointment to his father all his life. He should have repented long ago. He should have shaved his bones, carved out his flesh, and returned them to his father."

As a child, she was able to travel spiritually through time and space with the Third Prince. Now, she has lost her psychic powers and the favor of the Third Prince, suffering from the noises of the spiritual world and making ends meet as a third-rate psychic. Until, she comes across Yen Ching, a young man unaware of his spiritual connection with the Third Prince.

Through Yen Ching, she is able to re-connect with the Third Prince and travels through time and space again, entering the mind of an old man. On the misty lake of the Seven Seas Residence, she finds the old man’s unspeakable secrets, buried conflicts, and childhood trauma…

Is this all a mystery for her to solve by herself? Or is this for someone else? Her childhood, her hometown, Yen Ching’s life, and all their fates are tangled together. As her spirit returns to the present, how would she explain all their lives crossing paths?

In Chinese mythology, the rebellious Third Prince was a child who never gained his father’s approval and eventually carved out his flesh and bones to return to his father. His stories of divine powers and adventure are actually stories of trauma. Drawing from the Taiwanese worshipping of the Third Prince, Passing dives deep into the lives of four characters, all agonizing over their relationships with their fathers.