In the Age of Declining Dharma, when the spiritual veins have dried up, humanity cultivates through body tempering. The sects have fallen into ruin, leaving only seven great clans and three great sects, the Qingyun Sect, the Zixia Valley, and the Black Fiend Sect, dividing the realm between them. Mortals revere cultivators as gods, unaware that a shocking conspiracy lies behind the drying up of the spiritual veins.