Ning Chen, a Nascent Soul cultivator who has lived for two thousand years in the cultivation world, transmigrates to Blue Planet. To find rare herbs to repair his injuries, he boards with Qiao Jing, assumes the identity of a new student at Qingzhou University, and becomes quarrelsome lovers with the proud school beauty Xu Shuyan. Ning Chen steps forward to protect Su Wanwan and her mother, easily overwhelms various forces, convinces the Wen Clan with ancient prescriptions, and defeats a foreign swordsman saint, drawing Ye Gulou to come and seek apprenticeship. He leverages noble family resources to search far and wide for heavenly materials and earthly treasures, fully focused on returning to his peak. Su Wanwan confesses her love but is rejected, while Xu Shuyan grows estranged from him because of Lin Jiaoyang. Ning Chen comes to a realization: his bonds with the mortal world are fading away.