Ling Chen, a refugee from Broken Bone City in the Southern Territory, awakened the "Chen Abyss Spiritual Gift" at the spiritual enlightenment ceremony at the age of sixteen, but was judged as a "mundane waste" by the Spiritual Contract Hall. He also witnessed low-level spiritually gifted people being bullied to death by disciples of the Tianji Sect, and the seeds of resistance were sown from then on. Soon after, the bully coveted the ancient jade he had found, and his best friend Tieniu was seriously injured and dying to protect him. In a desperate situation, Ling Chen activated his spiritual gift to condense the dust shield, and accidentally triggered the remnant soul of Old Mo in Yuzhong. Only then did he realize that his spiritual gift could swallow up spiritual essence, and that his spiritual gift contained a great secret.
In order to save Tieniu, he went into the Warcraft Forest to find the "Qi Condensing Flower" and contracted with the Phantom Fox Fengying. He also met Chu Qingyuan from the Danhuo Valley and received his help with the "Dust Purifying Poison". Later, he joined the Black Stone Sect, a low-ranking sect. Although he was ostracized and humiliated by Zhao Tianao, he used the "Dust Burning Fire" to break through the outer sect examination and gained the secret protection of Elder Shi. He also exposed the conspiracy of the elders to collude with the Blood Shadow Pavilion, and finally left the sect with Tieniu and Feng Ying. Everyone went to the secret realm of Wanyao to search for the key to the spirit source. Ling Chen and Chu Qingyuan fought side by side against the poisonous dragon dragon and fought back Zhao Tian'ao's siege. They gradually fell in love and got a glimpse of the truth that "the spirit world is an ancient spirit prison" and the master of the Lingqi Palace is the descendant of the "jailer". After that, Lingqi Hall, Tianji Sect, and Blood Shadow Pavilion successively suppressed him, and Tieniu sacrificed his life to block the soul-devouring magic weapon. While Ling Chen was grieving, he established the "Boundary Breaking Alliance" with the slogan "Spiritual gifts have no dignity", uniting Chu Qingyuan, Ye Wusheng, Murong Xue and many other forces to fight against the enemy.
In the end, with the help of the remnant soul of Old Mo, he awakened his complete Chaos Spiritual Gift, shattered the Spirit Locking Tower, and discovered that the palace master had the same origin as himself, and the palace master finally died as a martyr to break the barrier. After the war, Ling Chen refused to be a ruler and established Lingyuan Academy with Chu Qingyuan so that all mortals could cultivate the spiritual path, and the Lingyuan world ushered in the dawn of a world without the shackles of hierarchy.