After his fiancé sudden death, Qin Yu is convinced Cass Corporation is somehow involved and is determined to find the truth. Booking passage on the same cruise ship as former Cass employee, Jason, Qin Yu follows him. Qin Yu hopes to secure the information he needs on Cass to be able to testify against them in court. But Qin Yu isn’t the only person on board hoping to gain intel on Cass. Desperate for a story, reporter Feng Li tails both Qin Yu and Jason, booking passage on the same cruise. Unfortunately, no one has much of a chance to gain information as the ship is suddenly attacked by giant mutant snakes. Escaping the attack, the survivors find themselves on the very island Cass Corporation has been conducting their illegal experiments. Hunted by monsters of all sorts, will any of the survivors find a way to bring Cass down and make it off the island alive?

Li Tang Zhen is a 40-year-old single woman who lives with her niece and nephew whom she has been taking care of from their childhood after her brother got remarried. Although she used to write novels using her pen name Xiao Baihe, she supports them by working at a supermarket. One day, out of curiosity, she plays an online game and meets college student Xihao Jihan, a fellow player. They become close over a period of time and things start to get complicated when Jihan wants to meet Bai He in real life.

Nu Wa takes the sky fire to make up the sky, the essence of the heaven and earth turns the lotus lamp, and grants the Three Virgin Mary as a body protection magic weapon. After the three virgins love mortal Liu Xi, they were suppressed by the court of Yang Jian and Huashan. The son of the three virgins, Shen Xiang, grew up and followed the teacher Sun Wukong. The Three Saints died in the land, and Agarwood killed Heaven to try to change the rules of the heavens, but suffered the destruction of the three realms of Buddha, Dao, and God. The Baolian lantern was originally the original force.

The film is based on the background of the late imperial dynasty, anti-king usurpation, and the whereabouts of the young emperor.

[Chapter 1: Aconite and the Imp(s)] Officer Hsu is found poisoned and dead in his room one night, next to him stands multiple sing song girls who all look like the long-dead Bai Lin, they chant then vanish. Baffled by the seemingly supernatural nature of the murder, Detective Shi Shen embarks on a journey to the Hidden Town, in hopes that the mysterious practitioner Bai Tsing Luo could help him unearth the truth. [Chapter 2: The night herons long gone] A salt merchant's servant is horrified by the sight of numerous red-eyed mystic herons pecking at her master's body, leaving behind only his bones before they disappear. Soon after arriving at the scene, Detective Shi Shen needs to hurry to Hidden Town for Tsing Luo's cure for a deadly snake venom. Inspired by the case of mystic herons Tsing Luo decides to use the aforementioned birds as remedies. Together with Shi Shen and the newly acquainted Bai Ling, a creature hunter, Tsing Luo sets out to uncover the secrets behind the murder.

A murder case occurs in Bingcheng City, and the unusual behavior of the victim's family member during the identification of the body caught the attention of the police officer, Song Ci. This causes conflicted opinions between her Investigation Team captain, Qiu Bing, and the senior team member, Bao Sen.