Yang Jiu wakes up one day to find himself a corpse stitcher in the Dongchang of the Great Wei Dynasty. With the belief that the deceased should be treated with respect and buried with their bodies intact for a peaceful afterlife, Yang Jiu's work of stitching corpses together grants him various rewards. Wei Zhongxian: "Yang Jiu, after my ascension, I wish for my body to be buried whole. Please do your best to stitch me up."