In 1943, as the Anti-Japanese War nears its climax, the brutal Imperial Army launches a massive “sweep” across the Yimeng Mountains of Shandong. Outnumbered but unbroken, a regiment of the Eighth Route Army stands its ground. Amid fire and chaos, soldiers and villagers join forces in a desperate struggle for survival — and deliver a stunning counterblow that turns the tide of the invasion.

民国末年，长白山深处的迷雾山村怪事频发。村民陈狗子偶遇神秘新娘并收留，此后命运陡转，暴富后离奇暴毙，接连命案让村子陷入恐惧。老猎户马三爷携众人追查真相，在灵异传闻与人心叵测间探寻谜底，山林深处的隐秘与善恶纠葛正悄然浮出水面。

In the 1980s Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan and Shirly Yang return to the northeast of China, where they were once stationed in the countryside to attend the wedding of their friend Yanzi.

Judge Dee investigates a conspiracy involving a dangerous elixir and supernatural chaos, ultimately exposing a rebel general who used the elixir as a pretext for plotting a military coup against the Empress Wu Zetian.