A mortal's path to immortality is shrouded in mist, and danger lurks behind every act of kindness.
Immortals and mortals join forces to solve strange cases across the Six Realms and uncover a conspiracy in the Upper Realm woven through the cycle of reincarnation.
While on duty, the immortal Beiming Tingxue of the Nine Netherworlds encounters Xiao Mingke, an officer from the mortal world's Investigation Bureau. As they subdue underworld monsters, the two uncover a shocking conspiracy.
Why is the magistrate's adviser beyond the power of reincarnation, having escaped the Six Paths? The Five Ghosts are dead, so who cast the Five Ghosts Soul-Locking Formation? Xiao Mingke despises immortals, so why does he possess the power of annihilation? An earthquake rocks the dynasty, the Six Realms lose contact, and an ancient state religion is massacred. What kind of divine revelation is being concealed? Eighty-one towns and millions of people have vanished, and the Heaven-Refining Formation is rising. What sort of conspiracy lies behind it all?
As they investigate, the two grow attached to each other. Just as they pledge their hearts, a life-or-death choice suddenly confronts them.
It turns out that none of this is as simple as they imagined. Every ending will ultimately become a new beginning.
Qinghe dies, Tingxue's soul is extinguished, Houtu appears in the world, and Donghuang's bell rings. It is as if someone is pulling the strings, driving everything forward. Is it one of the Three Sages of the Upper Realm, or someone else?
