The work is set from the late Northern Song Dynasty to the early Southern Song Dynasty. It tells the story of Lin Lingsu, the leader of the Shenxiao Sect, who became a monk in the Shaolin Temple in his early years. He was expelled from Buddhism for repeatedly breaking the precepts. Later, he slept in Huashan Mountain and met the ancestor Chen Tuan in his dream to teach him martial arts. , Woke up out of thin air with an inner force that shocked the past and the present. From then on, he founded the Chuangshenxiao Sect and became the best master in the world. Lin Lingsu went astray in order to Xingdao Sect, intending to eliminate all dissident sects in the world. The protagonists, the Mingjiao orphan Lu Xubai and the loyal minister Hou Luo Gengshi, lead a series of miraculous experiences of Mingjiao, Buddhism, Paijiao, Meishan sect, Yishi Leye sect and other sects against the Shenxiao Sect. . This book also describes a series of historical events that have been passed down through the ages, such as the Fangla Uprising, Yue Fei's joining the army, Li Shishi's disappearance, Han Shizhong's love at first sight for Liang Hongyu, some Liangshan heroes, the Jin soldiers' southern invasion, the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the mud-horse crossing of King Kang, etc. It depicts the prosperity of the Song Dynasty from a new perspective and its gradual demise. It also attempts to subvert the influence of "Jin Yong-style martial arts" on readers.