After the Tang family is wiped out, Tang Yuan escapes with his surviving second uncle to the ancestral grounds left behind by the family. He grows up there, but because his meridians are blocked, he cannot cultivate. He eventually decides to brave the forbidden grounds, where he encounters the remnant soul of a powerful immortal who has died. After being murdered by his disciple, the mighty immortal was rescued and brought to the lower realm by his divine beast. He takes Tang Yuan as his disciple and repairs his body, helping him rise from an unable-to-cultivate good-for-nothing to the peak of the Golden Core stage, crossing three major realms along the way. The divine beast transforms into a dragon pearl, awaiting resurrection, and is given to Tang Yuan. When Tang Yuan leaves the forbidden grounds, his second uncle persuades him to take Chen Yanran, who has secretly loved him since childhood, as his servant and go to Yunxiao to take the inner disciple examination!
