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Under Songshan Mountain, young Liu Yingcheng was ordained and entered the temple, taking the Buddhist name Xuanci, and he entered Buddhism from then on. He originally thought that there was a pure world inside the mountain gate, but he saw the gaps between desire, power and belief in the bells and commandments. In Shaoning Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, Xuanci stepped up from sweeping the floor to the position of abbot, but gradually fell into the game between "Buddha's heart" and "human heart". He met the mysterious woman Hui Yan in the Sutra Pavilion. The two became connected because of the sutras and got close to each other because of their hearts. However, they were restricted by the precepts and were entangled between love and calamity. As shady stories such as the transfer of temple property, political and religious transactions, and anonymous reporting letters were exposed one after another, Xuanci fell into the vortex of "monks are not like monks, and Buddhas are not Buddhas." Huiyan's true identity, the origin of her child, and the truth behind the land deed are revealed one by one. The collision between Buddhist rules and human desires becomes more intense. This is the story of how a monk walked out of faith and returned to faith. It is also a trial of the soul between power, emotion and fate. A long Buddhist scroll with 100,000 words, one thought of life and death, one thought of compassion. Buddha is not in the temple, but in our hearts.