During the Xining period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the old and new parties fought bloody battles, and undercurrents of Buddhism and Taoism surged.
Shen Yanqing (male protagonist) is a once-in-a-hundred-year Taoist genius in Longhu Mountain. He holds a ruler of mountains and rivers, decides the world, and believes in "the Tao is ruthless."
Shi Zhen (male protagonist), a Buddhist traitor who returned to secular life in Daxiangguo Temple, knocks agarwood wood fish to save the soul of the world, and insists that "loving one person means saving all living beings".
When strange cases involving walking corpses, bloody menstruation eating souls, and human screams appeared in Bianjing, two people who were supposed to be opposed were forced to join forces.
While solving the case, he blocked the fatal poisonous arrow for him, sucked out the poison from his wound, saw him in a wedding dress in a fantasy world, and burned ten years of his life in front of the Buddha to give him a new life.
Until - "Buddhism will not tolerate you! Imperial power will not tolerate you! The world will not tolerate you!"
The Taoist sect revoked their membership, the Buddhist sect pursued and killed them, and the emperor issued a decree: they must never meet again.
Shi Zhen's white hair was possessed by the devil, and his monk's robe was stained with blood: "Then I will destroy the rules of this world."
Shen Yanqing broke the mountain ruler and knelt down to say goodbye to his master: "This disciple rebelled today, just for one person."
And when the final conspiracy is revealed——
The Liao Kingdom's imperial master set up a desperate attack on Mount Tai, intending to use his mother's soul, the fate of the Song Dynasty, and the life of his lover to force him to make a choice.
Shen Yanqing smiled and kissed Shi Zhen's blood-stained lips:
"I choose - I will die in exchange for all of you living."
Purpose: In the historical context of the Song Dynasty, both Zen Buddhism and Taoism's inner alchemy sect reached their peak during this period, and the ideological confrontation was fierce. When turmoil occurs, people are often panicked and uneasy.
