Chen Xing is the young heir of the Chen family in Dongyang City, left without parents and set to lead the clan once he comes of age. Chen Sheng, the ambitious acting head, schemes against him to seize that position for himself. Chen Xing survives the plot and stumbles upon a legendary lost technique, the Ancient Star God Art. With part of its power mastered, he returns, exposes Chen Sheng and has him locked away. He then keeps training in the art, hunting the star beasts it requires and growing stronger fast. Along the way he saves Mu Qinglan, daughter of the lord of Xuanyang Palace, and at her urging he struggles his way into the palace, where he soon clashes with Jian Feikong, son of the deputy sect leader. The result is an action fantasy adventure told across 40 episodes.