With the help of his grandfather's notes and his team – the quiet Zhang Qiling (Yang Yang), the resourceful Pang Zi (Liu Tianzuo), the experienced Wu Sanxing (Ken Chang), San Xing's loyal helper Pan Zi (Wei Wei), and the skillful Ah Ning (Tiffany Tang) – Wu Xie sets out to find the lost treasures as well as the people responsible for the massacre of his family.

In June 2014, a press conference was held at Shanghai and attended by representatives of H&R Century Pictures, Beijing Enlight Media and Nanpai Investment.

It was announced that a film, television series and online game would be adapted from the novel Daomu Biji by Nanpai Sanshu.

[8] Other notable production crew included Hong Kong Film Award-winners Angie Lam and Bill Lui.

[10] Location filming took place at the Beijing Farm Animal Research Center and the Dagao International Art Unit.