Wu Tung, the lascivious demon of carnal desire, falls for one of his conquests, only to see her destroyed. He demands the girl's village to regularly send him a virgin or face his wrath. One of the girls has his lover's spirit within her.
An unhappily married couple invite the wife's beautiful cousin, who has survived a horrifying experience in Mainland China, to live with them. She has her own special way of overcoming hardship and becomes the master of the human barbecue.
A Cantonese librettist enjoys immense popularity over the course of decades, followed by decline.