The film tells the story of Meng Yuan, a mining worker who accidentally traveled to ancient times and was involved in the robbery of Guan Yin, and met the brother and sister Li Xiaoyu who escorted Guan Yin, and together they went through various tests and tempers among the people, rivers and lakes, and temples

«Detective Dee and The Burning Sky» is one of the most distinctive chapters in Di Renjie's detective work, set in the year 696 AD when he was appointed as the governor of Weizhou prefecture, and is set against the backdrop of a barbarian army attacking the city.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Yang Haotian, a soldier of the New Fourth Army, is leading his fallen comrades back to his unit when he meets Qin Yu, a Nationalist intelligence officer who is being pursued by the Japanese at Lost Cloud Ridge.