Widowed farmer Malcolm Gardner lives a quiet life near a secluded forest. When a mysterious ten-year-old girl emerges from the trees, he uncovers a hidden world lurking just beyond his view.

　　An epic mosaic of lonely people with crossed destinies who will set their sights on Arthur Morhan, a psychoanalyst on the verge of a breakdown.

　　狄武周天授元年，嶺南潞州城司馬孔成業迷戀修道煉丹，傳聞找到了長生不老丹的藥方，只缺一味名叫彼岸花的奇草。傳言這是來自地獄的死亡之花，常年生長在墳冢幽谷之中，能致人產生幻覺，中幻覺者如妖邪附體般，發狂發癲，死狀凄慘。　　孔成業發出懸賞，采到彼岸花者，賞百金。山民獵戶等紛紛進山尋找，連孔成業也帶人到處扒墳冢、探幽谷。忙活的孔成業突然慘死，死前發狂。連他的幾名參軍也死相極慘，都說孔成業采到了彼岸花，被妖邪附身殺死，鬧得滿城風雨。潞州刺史陸英杰上報朝廷，恰逢狄仁杰巡查嶺南諸州，女皇武則天命其前往潞州，全權調查此案.。

一位來自泰米爾納德邦小鎮的女子移居夢寐以求的韓國，卻難以在異國他鄉站穩腳跟。