After transmigrating into the world of Journey to the West five hundred years later, odd-job worker Chen Qing starts out sweeping floors and receives guidance from a mysterious old Taoist who does the same. He plays the pig to eat the tiger, digging for the truth behind the journey for scriptures while caught between competing powers. From menial laborer to manager of the servants’ quarters to an outer disciple, he eventually becomes the Three Realms’ biggest dark horse.