At the beginning of the 1990s, famous tomb explorer Hu Ba Yi, Wang Kai Xuan and Hu's fiancée Shirley Yang decided to retire to Manhattan. After a supposedly split of the team, Wang Kai Xuan was pulled into a deal to locate the ancient tomb of a Mongolian princess. Hu Ba Yi has been having recurring nightmares of his first love, Ding Si Tian, who had supposedly died 20 years before in an underground tomb beneath the Mongolian plains. The team is lured back to their original vocation by a mysterious, businesswoman/cult leader Ying Cai Hong who wants them to find the ancient tomb of a Mongolian princess. (Source: Wikipedia) ~~ Adapted from the 4th-8th volumes in the novel series "Candle in the Tomb" (鬼吹灯) by Zhang Mu Ye (天下霸唱).