WhiteHairedDevilLadyIntheyear1926,MuWanQingbringshermom'sashesbacktoChinaburial.AchanceencounterletsMuWanQing,TanXuanLinandXuGuangYaomeetandbefriendeachother.InordertosecureherfootholdwithintheMufamily,MuWanQingintentionallygetsclosetoXuGuangYaoandhashisbacking.Meanwhile,TanXuanLinworksalongsideMuWanQingtoinvestigateanoldcasethatisrelatedtotheMufamily.Thethreeofthemgothroughlife-and-deathstrugglestogether,andeventuallyrealizetheimportanceofprotectingthecountryintumultuoustimes.