An old woman who gathers medicinal herbs in the mountains risks her life to save a silver tiger that has been wounded by an arrow and possesses the extraordinary ability of golden blood. The tiger's blood unexpectedly cures her long-standing illness. When the wealthy businessman Cao Wanjin and the hunter Han Kui learn of this, they covet the spiritual elixir inside the tiger, which can prolong one's life, and repeatedly scheme to capture it. True to its promise to repay her kindness, the silver tiger endures one danger after another. In the end, it sacrifices its golden-striped cultivation and uses its spiritual elixir to save the old woman. Those consumed by greed ultimately suffer the consequences of their own actions.