In 1980, in Kaoshan Village in Northeast China, educated youth Lin Xiao is reborn and awakens the Lord of the Mountains System. In his previous life, the scheming female educated youth Shen Mengyao deceived him out of his money and destroyed his family. Now she watches as he turns his life around and grows rich by hunting, selling mountain products, and building hot spring and medicinal herb bases. He marries the gentle and kind Su Wanqiu, while Shen Mengyao ultimately becomes a crippled beggar, spending the rest of her life wailing in regret.