Zhou Yang, an utterly ordinary, good-for-nothing college graduate, is pushed by a terrible friend into trying the suspicious full-dive virtual game Shenwu.
It isn't until he plays the game and punches a hole through the desk that has been with him for over a decade that he realizes something may be seriously wrong.
Zhou Yang only wanted to coast through life, but now he's plunged headfirst into this absurd world of martial arts.