In Heaven, Yuki’s grandparents decide that, having turned thirteen, she must descend to Earth to a village ravaged by bandits and intervene to save its inhabitants. However, if she fails to succeed within one year, she will become as insubstantial as the wind. In the village, Yuki befriends a group of orphans whose parents were killed by the bandits and who now survive by begging. Yuki astonishes them by taming the wild horse Blizzard. She plays a key role in helping the orphans and farmers stand up to first the warring bandits and then Goemon, the greedy lord who owns the region. Yuki must then face her greatest challenge when the displeased Demon God residing in the volcano emerges to destroy those living below.