During an era of famine and mass migration, Lin Jianchuan is brutally kicked off a cliff while trying to protect the family's food supplies. At the brink of death, he saves an injured Qilin and awakens its golden bloodline, gaining divine strength and a magical bow with dragon horns. He hunts giant beasts to trade for food and survive, repeatedly standing up to greedy villains and corrupt officials while earning the trust of his fellow hunters. When refugees are sent to the desolate and barren Eagle Beak Cliff, Lin Jianchuan uses the Qilin's spiritual spring to transform the wasteland. His long-lost wife, Su Xiu'e, eventually finds him, and they reunite. Together, they overcome family entanglements and countless dangers, reclaiming the rocky wilderness and building a settlement where they can call home amid the chaos of a troubled age.