Li Shi's birth brought strange signs from the heavens and made him the host of a remnant soul belonging to the Master of Weapons, so sects across the world hunt him. His parents draw the pursuers away while Yuan Chenyang escapes with the boy, and the two settle in Linhai City, where Li Shi lives disguised as a fisherman. Hoping to find his parents and the enemies who tried to kill them, he enters the city's five-year sect selection. Along the way he stumbles onto Bai Xiang, a formation master of the demon tribe who has built an evil formation that drains spirits, meant to turn the Mountains and Seas into monster blood, with Ying Gou helping to test it. A conspiracy now hangs over Linhai in this action fantasy.