Li Tao overused his supernatural abilities and should have perished, but by a twist of fate, he ate a Peaches of Immortality and gained a new lease on life. The timing was just too unfortunate: the Ox-Head and Horse-Face sent by King Yama had already seized Li Tao's soul, so he ended up in the underworld, where he became sworn brothers with King Yama. After mistakenly capturing him, King Yama offered compensation and prepared to send him back to the world of the living.
But before the compensation could be arranged, something went wrong with Li Tao's body. They rushed to send him away, but it was already too late: when his soul and body reunited, he transmigrated to the Xuan Yan Continent. After becoming its supreme ruler, he returned to Earth, only to find it transformed and overrun by demons. His enemies on Earth were still alive, so he led his old brothers in wiping out the demons and ascended to immortality.