The male protagonist Su Xuan was in his previous life the Nine Heavens Heavenly Executioner, wielding the Heavenly Way's punishments and executing those who went against the Heavenly Way. Yet, on the day of his success, his origin was devoured by the Heavenly Way's consciousness, and even his divine soul was cast down to the mortal realm. He accidentally is reborn in the Azure Cloud Sect into an outer disciple of the same name who is a good-for-nothing, awakening the Heaven-Defying Dao Body—the more the Heavenly Way suppresses him, the more his cultivation surges. The thunder tribulations, curses, and disasters sent down by the Heavenly Way will all transform into his cultivation and divine powers.