Three hundred thousand taels of gold suddenly surface in the vast desert, where rumor has it that all who seek the treasure are doomed to become vengeful spirits. An officer of the Imperial Guard sent to investigate descends into madness on his very first day. A loyal and courageous deputy envoy who has ventured too far to turn back finds himself torn between desire and honor. After her entire family is slaughtered, a woman immune to all poisons returns to the vast desert, deliberately making herself the prize every faction is determined to seize as she sets out for revenge. Beneath the vast desert's sweeping sands lie an insatiable greed for gold and a carefully laid trap designed to lure her into the deadly game. From a relay station and an armed escort agency to a general's residence, a band of martial heroes becomes entangled in a deadly struggle across the vast and desolate frontier, bringing the spirit and ideals of Eastern wuxia to life in a new light.

During the fifteenth year of Emperor Kang Xi's reign, a catastrophic Yellow River flood devastates the empire. To save his people, Kang Xi recruits brilliant minds through civil service exams, including the innovative Chen Huang, to confront the crisis and restore hope.

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, all while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.

Du Di and Wu Cong Rui are resident doctors at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of one of China's top hospitals. The two friends originally had bright career prospects and stable relationships. However Du Di and Wu Cong Rui find themselves in direct competition.