In the troubled times of the late Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded and the building was about to collapse. A strange Taoist with disheveled hair and lameness, Tieguai Li, suddenly appeared in Paiyun Palace, and awakened the memory that had been dusted for thousands of years with a jade seal passed down from the country. He was once a Taoist Li Ningyang. His body was destroyed and he was reborn with the remains of a beggar. He also has the blood of Ba Kingdom's witchcraft.
In order to save the common people, he resolutely entered the world. He used powerful means to frighten Cixi, briefly took control of the Qing Dynasty, defeated foreign enemies, and gave the country a chance to breathe. However, he knew very well that imperial power, wealth and honor were just fleeting, and that the malaise in the system and people's hearts could not be cured by gods. Therefore, he chose to retire after his success, return his power, and retreat into seclusion, traveling around the world.
On his way back to seclusion, he transformed into a charlatan, helping the world and saving people. Encountering Song Qingyun, a hot-blooded but confused knight, he expounded the true meaning of the world with his own experience; he visited Heifeng Village at night, and used his unparalleled supernatural powers to depose the evil leader and influence the village owner Yin Tai, causing him to disband the village and open up wasteland to atone for his sins; he also refined the "Calamity Elixir" to save the remnants of the Boxers who had gone astray and guide them to a new life.
From the heights of temples to the distances of rivers and lakes, Tieguai Li performs the deeds of gods in a mortal body. He punishes evil and promotes good, enlightens the lost, and spreads compassion and hope to the world. Finally, he returned to the starting point of Taoism in Huashan Mountain, sat down in front of the alchemy furnace, and integrated his energy and spirit into the heaven, earth, mountains and rivers.
Old friends return in the wind and snow, and the road is invisible. Although the story of Tieguai Li has come to an end, his spirit and legend of saving people will remain in the world forever, turning into a generous song of "the great road is invisible, but compassion has its form".
