A young man with his brush plunges into a chaotic world and lights up the heavens. In a world where cultivators are paramount, will the vermilion bird swallow the dragon, or will the dragon transcend beyond all else?!

When you look up at the sky, what do you see? A blue sky? Freedom? A hopeful future? The people of Tokyo see none of these. Instead, an ominous alien mothership looms overhead, engulfing the city skyscape. Three years ago, they came. The arrival of the "Invaders" sparked the greatest war humanity had ever faced—one that threatened to end the world. The Japanese government scrambled to fight the Invaders. Weapons were mass-produced, sparking controversy and pacifist movements. That day, everything changed. And yet, nothing has changed. Kadode Koyama and Ouran Nakagawa live their final days like they always have: going to school, playing with friends, and doing what any carefree high school girl would do. As they grow up, they come to learn what it truly means to be an adult, in a world where adults seem to be demons who only deceive and destroy. They come to learn the real threat to humanity is not the Invaders, but humanity itself.

Locked into a relentless duel, cultivation experts Cang Di and Song Yu fight each other until both reach their final breaths. However, just before perishing, Song Yu finds a wandering soul and decides to use the last of his powers to revive it. Now placing his trust in this unsuspecting individual, Song Yu instills his own sword skills and medicinal knowledge onto the soul. Transmigrating into a cultivation world as Xu Wuzhou, the son-in-law of the Qin family, the wandering soul now finds himself in a slew of embarrassing troubles, thanks to the preposterous acts of his body's previous owner. Nevertheless, Xu Wuzhou is determined to prove himself a worthy member of the Qin family, and his newfound skills could be the secret to unlocking his full potential.