Since ancient times, the ninja and the yakuza have been at war, spilling blood around the world as empires rise and fall. So when, in the modern age, Shinoha, a ninja, meets Kiwami, a gangster following the path of the yakuza—the gokudo—and discovers they have common interests, the obvious assumption is that nothing good can come of it. But can it be that one burgeoning bromance will shake up a 300-year grudge? Who will win the struggle for real ultimate power?

Fifteen years ago, Luofeng City was struck by a bizarre catastrophe, becoming a dead and silent ruin overnight. The young Ding Xiao, born at the age of seven, was granted a place in the Town Spirit Division. However, he destroyed his own spirit and became a coffin carrier for the Gui Tribe. For five years, he experienced the vicissitudes of life. Unexpectedly, he awakened his physiognomy in the face of adversity, excelled in the promotion assessment, and became a feared figure in the Spirit Division. Now, evil spirits are rising in all directions, and strange events are endless. To cure his sister Ding Ling's increasingly strange illness, Ding Xiao resolutely restarts his spiritual awakening journey, only to be drawn into an unfathomable vortex of political intrigue. The hidden truth of Luofeng City gradually unfolds, and behind all this, the fate of Ding Ling is inextricably intertwined...

Xie Kanhua was about to be executed in the Shanglin Celestial Palace. When Su Baiyi was rescuing him, the Shanglin Celestial Palace disintegrated, and Su Baiyi was taken away by Su Jian, the Demon Lord who had voluntarily confined himself in the secluded prison for twenty years. Then the Hero Conference of Xuanwei Town is held again, Bai Jile lures Divine Official Xue, the second-best martial artist in the world to participate, plunging the martial arts world into chaos. In order to save the injured Nangong Xi'er, Su Baiyi went to the North Kunlun with Su Jian to pay a visit to Su Suomo, the ancestor of the Su family, while Yuling and Feng Zuojun respectively headed to Qingcheng Mountain and the Demon Town to learn martial arts. Under the latent tension, the Yingzhou Immortal Island reappeared. The invaders from the island issued a provocation to the martial artists, saying that those who submit will prosper, while those who resist will perish...

In his past life, although too weak to protect his home when it counted, out of grave determination Nie Li became the strongest Demon Spiritist and stood at the pinnacle of the martial world. However, he lost his life during the battle with the Sage Emperor and six deity-ranked beasts. His soul was then brought back to when he was still 13 years old. Although he's the weakest in his class with the lowest talent, having only a red soul realm and a weak one at that, with the aid of the vast knowledge which he accumulated from his previous life, he decided to train faster than anyone could expect. He also decided to help those who died nobly in his previous life to train faster as well. He aims to protect the city from the coming future of being devastated by demon beasts and the previous fate of ending up destroyed. He aims to protect his lover, friends, family and fellow citizens who died in the beast assault or its aftermath. And he aims to destroy the so-called Sacred family who arrogantly abandoned their duty and betrayed the city in his past life.