One year after drug lord Mao Zi murders anti-narcotics officer Xiao Yu, his partner Lao Xiang feigns madness to hide her identity while living with Ying Shu, Mao Zi’s associate, waiting for a chance at revenge. When police learn that Mao Zi will use taxi driver Liu Ji to transport drugs, they intercept him and recruit him as an informant. Reluctantly, Liu Ji agrees to help the police, leading him and Lao Xiang to cross paths by the salt lake as they embark on a dangerous journey together.
"Dugu World: The Prophecy" is a prequel to "Dugu World: Stange Eyes". The long-dead Liu Changfeng, Dugu Xin and others in "Dugu World: Stange Eyes" are the protagonists in "The Prophecy of the Dugu World". A foreign ambassador Ye Qianyao arrives at the Ming Emperor's palace. As a tribute, he brings with him a divination prophecy that "the one who wins Dugu will win the world". A court dignitary Zuo Zhaoyi Yin and General Duguxin from Jinlinshi secret service accompany the guest during a visit to the capital. They not suspect that their ward is a capital nobleman in exile who has taken the place of the ambassador killed by the conspirators. At this time, the Emperor receives a completely different, much darker prophecy. To deal with him, he invites to the palace immortal Xianchang Xuanlongzi to interpret the prophecy.