In troubled times, Zhou Kai, a rural boy, is trapped in the confusion of survival and can barely make a living by chopping firewood and cultivating the land. A ridiculous "grass and tree tax" suddenly tore apart his ordinary life. By chance, he rescued the orphan Xiao Shitou and got involved in a bizarre dispute. When the Stone Buddha of the Holy Pit was born and the prophecy of "the rising of the rosette will cause the building to collapse" spread, he was forced to bid farewell to peace and trek on the thorny road of slaughter and redemption to explore the meaning of survival and the way out of troubled times.
