During a severe drought on a barren slope, a fleeing couple perishes, but an infant in swaddling clothes miraculously survives. A gray wolf discovers the baby possesses extremely potent Yang energy, and originally intends to eat him to help break through its cultivation realm. Unable to swallow the child directly, the wolf chases away a hyena and leaves the baby at the doorstep of Lanhua, a widow in Qingshi Village. Lanhua kindly takes in the abandoned baby, but this stirs up malicious gossip in the village. Aunt Liu spreads rumors everywhere, slandering the child as Lanhua's illegitimate baby. As the idle talk spreads throughout the entire village, Lanhua endures endless criticism. In the shadows, the gray wolf watches coldly, waiting for the child to be raised and fattened up before returning to seize him. A rural fantasy tale of kindness and a demon wolf's scheming thus unfolds.