This new anime is an adaptation of the Chinese online manhua (manga) series (There was a Spiritual Sword Mountain) Set in the year 6233 of the Nine Provinces calendar, the world is ravaged when a comet falls bringing destruction to the earth. The Reiken clan holds an open tournament to look for new disciples to train. They have been training spiritual sword warriors for the last two milennia. The problem being though is that this is actually a screening contest to find a child who is fated by the comet to rise to power. Ouriku is a boy who, at 12 years old, has a soul that comes once every 1000 years. He undertakes the exam on his path to becoming a peerless sage.