As the grand-master who founded the Demonic Sect, Wei Wuxian roamed the world in his wanton ways, hated by millions for the chaos he created. In the end, he was back-stabbed by his dearest shidi and killed by powerful clans that combined to overpower him. He incarnates into the body of a lunatic who was abandoned by his clan and is later, unwillingly, taken away by a famous cultivator among the clans-Lan Wangji, his archenemy. This marks the start of a thrilling yet hilarious journey of attacking monsters, solving mysteries, and raising children. From the mutual flirtation along the way, Wei Wuxian slowly realizes that Lan Wangji, a seemingly haughty and indifferent poker-face, holds more feelings for Wei Wuxian than he is letting on.

Sixteen years ago, the cultivation world was ruled over by five clans: Gusu Lan, Yunmeng Jiang, Qinghe Nie, Qishan Wen, and Lanling Jin. The carefree Wei Wuxian becomes fast friends with the righteous Lan Wangji, and during their adventures, the pair find out that the head of the Wen clan is the evil mastermind behind a series of plots that would wreak havoc upon the lands. Wei Wuxian's attempts to protect the innocent members of the Wen clan from unfair persecution leads to disaster, and he passes away in the process. Wei Wuxian reappears sixteen years later, and works together with good friend Lan Wangji to solve a series of murder mysteries, eventually finding and defeating the true culprit.

In the twilight years of Eastern Jin, Liu Yu usurps the throne to become the founding emperor of the Liu Song dynasty. Consort Ye's newborn son is the only royalty to survive the bloody purge, and is adopted by the Imperial Secretariat Fan Jian. At the age of eighteen, Fan Xian's impending political marriage with a princess makes him extremely popular among the ambitious princes, though he carefully avoids joining any of the factions. Fan Xian is lauded for his loyalty to the emperor during two successive rebellions, though later discovers he is the biological son of the tyrannical ruler, and that Liu Yu was the one that sent assassins to kill his mother. For revenge as well as the peace of the kingdom, Fan Xian engages in a deadly political struggle with the emperor, and eventually succeeds in forcing Liu Yu to abdicate.

In order to escape the Hummer of the Princess of the Pearl River, Xu Fengnian, the son of the North King of the World, faded his robes under the arrangement of his father Xu Xiao, first entered the rivers and lakes, and had fun with the groom Lao Huang. I met many people in the rivers and lakes. After returning from three years of travel, Xu Fengnian, who has kept a low profile, washes away the dust. He never wants to follow the life track laid by the old man, and he is even more reluctant to take over the North King. Because becoming a king of the North, it means becoming a lonely man without feelings. However, when Xu Fengnian was crowned in the snow, he learned that one of his relatives left him and sacrificed for him. After experiencing the dark moments of life, he finally made up his mind to be a king of Beibei who is completely different from his father. It is no longer difficult to compromise. Learning martial arts, relying on the heart of the child and hard work, became a warrior, and then led the guards such as Jiang Ni and Jian Xian Li Wei. Second, entering the rivers and lakes, using the knife to make the martial arts forces chicken flying dogs jump, it seems to play chess according to the old man's routine, in fact, stepping on the snow alone, resisting the fate arrangement, and gradually cultivating Wudang, Jiangnan literary world, Xichu, Huishan Xuanyuan and other martial arts forces who are willing to be loyal to themselves ,The truth about the death of mother Wu Su was also discovered through various clues. Flying all over the sky, Xu Fengnian has a knife and a hatred, using his own body to pick up the Beiliang battle flag, and eventually become a qualified successor to the North King.