A boy named Nagi lives in at the foot of the mountain where the Phoenix resides. His sister, Hinaku, is saved by Guzuri, a medicine man, falls in love with him. At the night on their wedding, the village is suddenly attacked by troops of Yamatai led by Sarutahiko. The truth is then discovered: Guzuri has double-crossed them.

Frightened by coming of old age, Himiko, the Queen of Yamatai, desperately wants the life-blood of the Phoenix. Sarutahiko who won the war brings Nagi with him. He trains Nagi as a hunter for the Phoenix. Nagi, however, is planing to attack Himiko instead, while Sarutahiko is accused of such Nagi's act. Nagi rescues Sarutahiko from the Hornet's Cave and heads for his homeland.

In search of the Phoenix, Yamatai troops surge into the volcano. Among them is a master of archery who confronts Sarutahiko, but their fight ends in a draw. Sarutahiko asks Yumihiko to give up the Phoenix to Nagi if he succeeds to capture it. Yumihiko finally shoots down the Phoenix while the volcano is shooting out the fire. But Himiko dies before she can sip the life-blood of the Phoenix.

With the help of a woman named Uzume, Nagi and Sarutahiko escape from the horse-riding tribe which aims to destroy Yamatai. Back in the Yamatai Kingdom, they battle against the horse-riding tribe together with Yumihiko but they are outnumbered.

In the 25th century, Leona involved in explosion at the laboratory on the moon, is restored to life with artificial brain planted in. He, however, has lost his memory due to the effect of the operation. Furthermore, people become to be reflected as debris on his eyes.

While Lamp doggedly follow Leona, Leona and Chihiro subconsciously reach the explosion site in the research facility where Leona gradually retrieves his memory in the past. He recalls his father who died in hopelessness, his revolts against such his father and a research on the vital energy in the Phoenix's feather conducted by Dr. Saruta .

Sakon-no-suke, a woman who has been brought up as a male, sets off to kill Yaobikuni who tries to save her diabolic father. After killing Yaobikuni at a temple, Sakon-no-suke cannot return home, and finds out Yaobikuni is herself in the future - trapped in the circle of time.

A young Korean soldier from the Baekje Kingdom has his head replaced with that of a wolf by Tang Dynasty soldiers following the defeat of the Korean forces. He then escapes to Japan where he becomes the feudal lord Inugami and is caught in the middle of the Jinshin War.

A young Korean soldier from the Baekje Kingdom has his head replaced with that of a wolf by Tang Dynasty soldiers following the defeat of the Korean forces. He then escapes to Japan where he becomes the feudal lord Inugami and is caught in the middle of the Jinshin War.

A young Korean soldier from the Baekje Kingdom has his head replaced with that of a wolf by Tang Dynasty soldiers following the defeat of the Korean forces. He then escapes to Japan where he becomes the feudal lord Inugami and is caught in the middle of the Jinshin War.

A young Korean soldier from the Baekje Kingdom has his head replaced with that of a wolf by Tang Dynasty soldiers following the defeat of the Korean forces. He then escapes to Japan where he becomes the feudal lord Inugami and is caught in the middle of the Jinshin War.

After escaping from an underground city called Yamato, Masato and Tamami make it to Dr. Saruta, an authority on artificial beings. A full-scale war between underground cities breaks out, resulting in the extermination of the human race.

After the world is devastated by nuclear war, Earth only has one survivor, Masato, who survives thanks to the infusion of immortality by the Phoenix. It follows his patient wait-over a billion years!-for life to return to Earth, and only with his crucial contribution.