The setting was a Chinese martial arts cultivation fantasy. Jin Chonglin played a poor, dirty peasant who was forced to beg just to survive.
Then one day, he heard that if someone presented a specific rare herb to the nearest cultivation sect, then that person would be automatically admitted. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change his life for the better.
He gathered his courage, brought his meagre belongings, and entered the forest filled with dangerous beasts. Inside the dark forest, he encountered many dangers and barely survived by the skin of his teeth.
The CGI was incredible, seamlessly melding fantasy and Jin Chonglin's cool fighting choreography.
Then he encountered a group of vicious people ganging up on a weak little girl. From the robes that the people wore, they were members of the cultivation sect that he wanted to attend.
