Botanist Qi Mo ventures into the mysterious Ailao Mountain in search of rare plants, forced to travel with Qi Lang, a wild and untamable guide. The man is covered in ancient tattoos, can foresee danger, radiates heat, and claims he can speak with the mountain. Qi Mo's scientific convictions begin to crumble in the face of the inhuman abilities Qi Lang displays time and again: a deadly landslide they narrowly avoid, eerie tattoos glowing beneath the moonlight, and warnings from the mountain god that come true...
The glowing plants hidden in the mountain conceal a mystery, and ancient stone tablets bear the fate of the mountain's guardians. When the “mountain god's wrath” descends and Qi Lang is left on the brink of death saving Qi Mo, Qi Mo finally realizes that this wild mountain man's life and death have long since become bound up with all his reason and emotions. The line between science and the supernatural collapses completely. He must accept the truth awakening in his blood and face the mountain spirit's return alongside this mysterious guardian.
An expedition into a forbidden zone, where supernatural phenomena abound. When a meticulous scientist crosses paths with the wild mountain god's emissary, reason falters and forbidden feelings run wild. Can they quell the mountain god's wrath and unravel a bond of shared existence that has endured for a century?
