Qing Ye returns to her hometown senior year after a family emergency. She helps struggling student Xing Wu graduate, and they grow close despite their differences. Years later, both return home, giving them a second chance at love.

In 1930s Shanghai, a wrongly accused hero escapes death row and unravels a deadly conspiracy, battling enemies and uncovering a foreign plot that threatens his nation.

Wu Xie assembles a team of tomb-raiders to seek out a buried treasure-protected by the undead.