The down-and-out young man Shen Hui wanders into a desolate mountain, where he encounters the elderly Daoist priest Ji Laodao of Qingfeng Temple. For the sake of a decent meal, he joins the Daoist sect and awakens a cultivation system. Gifted with extraordinary comprehension, he quickly masters the Five Elements Fire Technique. Following his master down the mountain, he travels throughout Quxian County, solving one mysterious case after another, including missing children, corpse transformations, and the havoc caused by demonic cultivators. As he navigates the conflicts between various sects and confronts mysterious demons and evil spirits, he diligently pursues the Dao, tempers his character, and uncovers layer upon layer of conspiracies hidden beneath human nature and supernatural arts.