At the foot of Qihe Mountain, the impoverished young Sheng Azhong is dutiful, filial, and eager to learn, yet constantly bullied. By chance, he mistakes a thousand-year-old python for a tree root and wounds it while chopping it. He unexpectedly obtains its blood essence, opening the way to cultivation, and kills a king cobra that has been terrorizing the region. To escape persecution by the village chief’s son and protect Ziyi, his childhood sweetheart, he sets out to overcome a series of trials. After enduring countless dangers, he reaches Qihe Mountain and is accepted as the personal disciple of the immortal Li Chonger. Through diligent practice, he eventually exposes a traitor and kills the villain Shi Dang, the treacherous immortal. He becomes a legendary cultivator and is united with Ziyi at last, making an astonishing rise from humble beginnings to true immortality.
