Cultural relic restorer Chen Xun accidentally awakens A Tao, the vessel spirit of a Tang dynasty pottery figurine. A Tao was separated from her close friend A Xing due to the An Lushan Rebellion, lingering in the present world with a thousand-year obsession. Chen Xun accompanies her across Luocheng to search for clues about old friends everywhere, confronts the villain Wu Ji who deals in smuggled national treasures, and goes through numerous dangers to help A Tao complete a thousand-year promise, putting her obsession to rest and returning to dust.