In the early years of the Republic of China, refugees were everywhere. An accountant, a beggar, a hunter, a castrator, and a barefoot doctor traveled together. On the way, they were so hungry that they absurdly took up arms and became bandits. They shouted the slogan "rob money, rob food, rob women" and began their career as robbers. When they arrived at Shikuo Village and prepared to rob, they found that the plague had spread in the village and it had become a ghost village.

In a world where human girls volunteer as sacrifices to become brides of the Sea God, Lingyu, a fisherman's daughter, accidentally enters the forbidden land of the Sea God clan. There, she encounters two princes and faces numerous dangers. As the princes fight to save their parents and uncover family betrayals, they are thrust into a battle against powerful demons and giant beasts.

The film is adapted from the large-scale martial arts online game "Jian Wang 3", with the main line of martial arts love and hatred, telling the story of Ye Wei's realization of the sword and becoming a generation of swordsmen. During tournament at the Smoky Rain Tower (Yanyulou), Ye Wei, the third son of the Hidden Sword, meets Liu Xi, the eldest daughter of the Northlands' Bastard Sword Villa, and Liu Fuyun, the second son. In an accident, Ye Wei was wounded by his own sword formation and lost all his martial arts skills due to a broken meridian. The two of them live in seclusion, hiding from their families, and are engaged for life.