Jiang Jiuzhen, a good-for-nothing intern in traditional Chinese medicine, wields the family heirloom Taishu Nine Needles. Using acupuncture to balance yin and yang and talismans to suppress evil, he uncovers the shocking plot behind Changsheng Pharmaceuticals, which uses technology to simulate "ghost energy" and control people's minds, amid a rising tide of strange illnesses in the city.
