The paths of cultivation are shrouded in mystery: the ethereal Shen cultivation, the worldly Qi cultivation overseeing the land, the martial arts dominating the world, and the demonic forces lurking in the shadows, waiting for their chance to wreak havoc. A great calamity approaches, the world descends into chaos, and heroes rise. Qin Ziling is reborn as a poor young man in a remote county of Da Qi, haunted by a recurring nightmare—an ugly old man, a dragon-headed bird, relentlessly pursuing him. In this turbulent world, how will a fallen, reborn individual protect himself? Until one day, he sees in his dream a severed finger with a ring falling onto a certain Taoist temple—the Chixiao Temple!