Like Hollywood superhero films created by Marvel or DC, The Outcast offers a Chinese twist, fictionalizing a group of legendary individuals with superpowers who must conceal their talents by blending in as ordinary people in the ordinary world.

Zhang Chulan, the story's protagonist, is a sophomore college student who comes across as slick, yet somewhat timid. However, he is the inheritor of a powerful family lineage with supernatural abilities. Assisted by Feng Baobao, an immortal young woman with a mysterious past, Zhang unravels the truth behind his grandfather's death and confronts a group of villains scheming to steal his superpower for their own nefarious purposes.