The protagonist's soul travels through the prehistoric times to gain enlightenment in the underworld. His soul parasitizes on the innate spiritual plant, and he builds the foundation of the Tao by compiling the "Huangting Neijing Jing" and the "Yi Jin Marrow Cleansing Chapter". He did not worship Nuwa of the Sanqing Dynasty, and created his own lineage of Huangting Immortal Way. The Lich calamity protects the human race's witch doctor Danshi. When he became a god, Yuan Shi wanted to destroy the human Taoism and discovered that the source of this Taoism was actually an "unnamed grass" in the ancient times.