In the first year of Zaichu, Luoyang was the capital of the gods. Empress Wu was in power and was about to become emperor. She issued a "talent edict" to the whole world and announced the reopening of the palace examination. As soon as the news came out, talented people from all over the country flocked to Luoyang City. At this time, an unscrupulous fox demon emerged in Luoyang City. She was elusive and loved to attack young candidates. Candidates disappeared one after another, rumors were everywhere, and the people were in a panic. Pei Kun, a descendant of Lianshan Hall who was proficient in the "art of circle and trickery", also came to Luoyang at this time. By mistake, he was involved in a massive "monster catching" operation. Pei Kun repelled the fox demon by himself and caught the Spring and Autumn Dao killer Bai He lurking beside Princess Taiping. Pei Kun's high-profile appearance attracted the attention of many forces in Luoyang City. Pei Kun was determined to fulfill his master's last wish and find out the truth of the year. He joined forces with Yulin Guards and Sixing Temple, and Gongzi Chu, the intelligence chief of Empress Wu, also extended an olive branch to him. It turns out that Gongzi Chu had already detected that the long-dormant ancient organization Chunqiu Dao was about to reappear in the arena, and the fox demon was just a decoy...