Shan (Joi Wong) is a young woman living in modern-day Hong Kong who is haunted by visions of her past life in ancient China. There, she was the Golden Lotus, a prostitute who was lusted after by many men. Through the flashbacks, Shan begins to see similarities between her current life and her previous existence, which ended in despair and emptiness. Using this knowledge of what has gone before, she becomes determined not to make the same mistakes this time around.