In 1984, Zhou Changhe, a good-for-nothing from a mountain village in Northeast China, is reborn on the very day he gambles away the money his wife needs to save her life. Faced with creditors at the door, a despairing wife and daughter, and a father and elder brother who have severed ties with him, he awakens the Mountain God's Intelligence, an ability that lets him see the treasures and dangers hidden in the mountains ahead of time. Taking his childhood friend Chen Xiaolei hunting in the mountains, Zhou Changhe goes from hunting badgers and wild boars to taking on black bears and packs of wolves. With every penny of honest earnings, he repays debts, pays for medical treatment, and improves his family's living conditions. When Xu Huairen and Su Manqing enter the picture, he begins earning money through more than mountain game and gradually wins back the trust of his family and fellow villagers through his actions.