Chong Jiu was reborn with his modern memories during the Chenghua era of the Ming Dynasty and was forced to become a Brocade Guard in the Western Depot. But the Western Depot was short-lived: before Chong Jiu could even make his debut, it had already shut down and gone bankrupt. The Depot's Director entrusted the grand historic mission of finding the Twelve Immortal Blades, mastering peerless martial arts, and restoring the Western Depot to its four disciples, chosen through a life-or-death selection. And so the four disciples left the capital and ventured into the jianghu, setting the stage for a tragicomedy.