After falling off a cliff, Xie Qingyan inherits the legacy of the Dao of Painting. He descends the mountain to fulfill his promise to marry Jiang Wanli and drives away Gu Yunfeng, who disrupts their wedding. He joins the Demon Suppression Bureau and repeatedly foils the deadly schemes laid by the spider demon Qin Chongyuan, putting an end to the demon calamity in the southern city. After arriving in the capital, he is framed by the Third Prince, Xiao Jingyuan, through a sinister plot. Using the divine beast Ditian from his painting, Xie Qingyan exposes the conspiracy. In the final battle, he gathers all the divine beasts, uncovers the truth behind the massacre of the Xie family, and kills the villains. Refusing the offer to take the throne, he paints a Ten Thousand Beasts Demon-Suppressing Pagoda to protect the land and retires with Jiang Wanli.