InLongLiveVillage,anisolatedmountainvillageinnorthernFujian,DongZhaoRu,theleaderofthefamilyrankedthird,wasdraggeddownandswallowedbyahugesnakethatsuddenlyemergedfromariver.Thepatriarch,DongZhaoJi,believeditwastheLongSnakeGodworshipedbythevillagers.Possiblybecausethevillagershadn’tbeenofferingsacrificestoitfortenyears,itwasirritated.Violenceandchaosfollowed.DongZhaoJiorderedpeopletoabductDongWenJuan,anorphangirlfromthefamilyrankedsecondwhohadnoonetorelyon.DongZhaoJidecidedtomakeherthehumansacrificetothesnakeinreturnforthesafetyofthevillage.Shewouldbedroppedintotheriverontheselectedauspiciousday.Tosavehissister,WenJuan’selderbrotherDongWenLinwasdeterminedtofindthesnakebeforetheritual.