In pre-unified China, the King of Qin sends his concubine to a rival kingdom to produce an assassin for a political plot, but as the king's cruelty mounts she finds her loyalty faltering.

A stirring and heroic action adventure of Chi You, once the ancestor of all Chinese, who must fight betrayal and for his love to survive.

In folklore, it is said that possessing the "Record of Serpent Control," crafted by the Great Sorcerer of the Nanyue Kingdom, allows one to raise snakes into serpents and transform them into dragons. During the Republic of China era, a surge of tomb raiders infiltrates China, plundering national treasures and wreaking havoc on cultural relics. Amidst this chaos, a group stumbles upon an underground palace that conceals the coveted "Record of Serpent Control." Determined to secure its power, they set out to find the relic first and keep it hidden from those who would misuse it.