Chang Li, a professional mortician, retrieves the remains of fallen soldiers from Blackstone Ridge in the Northern Wastelands after a battle. Unexpectedly, she awakens the command spear of the God of War, Yao Guang. Mo Yuan, a supreme deity from Kunlun, comes looking for her, convinced that Chang Li is Yao Guang's reincarnation and hoping she will reclaim her divine position to suppress the crisis threatening the Ruins of Return. But Chang Li refuses to become a mere vessel for resurrecting an ancient god. Together with her apprentice, Wen Zhao, she joins forces with Helian Heng, a member of the Winged Clan's royal family, to investigate the truth behind the massacre at Black Flag Pass during the sealing formation thirty thousand years ago.