In the first year of the first year of the reign of the Emperor, the divine capital of Luoyang. The Empress Wu, who is on the verge of becoming emperor, issues an imperial edict to the whole world, announcing the reopening of the Imperial Examination. As soon as the news breaks, the whole country is flooded with talented people, but then a reckless fox demon emerges from Luoyang, who has a penchant for sneaking up on young candidates. As the students disappear, rumours abound and the people are on tenterhooks. Pei Kun, a descendant of Lian Shan Tang, who is proficient in the art of "huan trickery", comes to Luoyang at this time and is involved in a huge "demon-hunting" operation by mistake. Pei Kun's high-profile appearance attracts the attention of many forces in Luoyang City. Pei Kun is determined to fulfil his master's last wish to find out the truth about the year, so he joins forces with the Feilin Guards and the Temple of Punishment, and is also offered an olive branch by Gong Zi Chu, the Empress Wu's chief intelligence officer. It turns out that Gong Zi Chu has long monitored the imminent reappearance of the long-dormant ancient organization Chun Qiu Dao, and that the fox demon is just a blindfold ...... source: bgm.tv/DeepL.com