Lu Yan, a gangster, was massacred by rebels on a snowy night in Lujiang. In order to save the mute girl Alan, a poisonous arrow engraved with the mysterious "Seven Death Talisman" and the symbol of Chang'an Tianjun Pavilion fell off the cliff. When he was about to die, the carnelian that contained the origin of the dynasty's fire virtue accidentally penetrated into his chest. After a fierce struggle with the rejection reaction, he was forcibly bound to be the "Tianyuan chess player" and activated the heaven and earth chess game left by Liu Hou Zhang Liang.
Lu Yan was forced into the dynasty whirlpool: the uncontrolled fire virtue in his body ignited the streets of Chang'an, and was framed by Tianjun Pavilion as a "witch disaster". In a desperate situation, he met the saint Bai Liyue who bore the blood feud of Duoma to destroy the country, the machine maniac Mo Zheng, the poisonous assassin Liu Qiniang and the legal prodigy Gongsun Yan, and formed the "Embroidered Clothes Sect Five Elements Team".
Between the prince's reformists and the Queen Mother's forces, solve the case of deposing the prince and the unjust case of Xiliuying. King Liang caused the disaster of "The Coming of the Witch God". The mystery of Lu Yan's life experience and the tragedy of Bai Liyue Holy Lake are gradually revealed.
In the end, Lu Yan caused fire to turn virtue into rain to save the people, and his white hair controlled the fate of the country; Bai Liyue melted his soul to guard the northern border; Mo Zheng lost his mind and built a government city; Gongsun Yan drank poison to protect "Tui En" and other heroic traces were finally lost in the torrent of history, leaving only the desolate swan song of "starting at the end and ending with fireworks".