Geng Shi, a descendant of the Gold-Touching Clan, bears a blood curse passed down through his family. Seeking a way to survive, he ventures into deadly ancient tombs across the land, where he unexpectedly meets Wang Yan, an archaeological researcher. Bound by a life-and-death pact, they explore tombs together, overcoming traps, fighting corpse fiends, and deciphering secret scripts. In haunted underground palaces sealed away for a thousand years, they uncover ancient secrets behind a sinister ghost pact.