Fang Han, a lowly domestic slave, grew up believing what his father, also a slave, told him: "We'd rather be a beggar than a slave!" He stole and practiced martial arts moves from his employer, the Fang Family, but progress was slow until one faithful day when he accidentally saved dying expert Hai Ba Chan from the Qunxing Sect. The later then teaches him martial arts and bestows upon him two divine artifacts, "Nine golden-opening elixir" and "Dormant dragon picture.". Just before he died, Hai Ba Chan asked Fang Han to exact revenge on Fang Qing Xue, who turned out to be a young miss ofthe Fang family.

Fang Qing Xue is an inner disciple of Yuhua Sect, one of the realm's top ten immortality sects. She is taking a cultivation break to visit the Fang Family's home in order to recruit servants for her academy, as well as to recruit Fang Family children as outer disciples of her sect. During this time, she noticed Fang Han's talent and invited him to accompany her back to the academy. The journey to immortality of Fang Han will then begin.