The third season of the Candle in the Tomb series is set in the Republican era during a time when the warlords fight for power and bring disaster upon the people. Tomb raider and head of the Xieling Clan Chen Yu Lou (Pan Yue Ming) joins hands with warlord Luo Lao Wai (Cao Wei Yu) and heads to Xiangxi to explore tombs of the Yuan dynasty. On his journey he meets Zhe Gu Shao (Vengo Gao) who is not interested in any treasures but wants to find a magical bead that can put an end to the curse on his clan. Yu Lou and Gu Shao eventually form an alliance to tread the untrodden path to the Yuan tombs.