As heir to the Tianji Eye, Xie Yi showed extraordinary talent for metaphysics and divination from a young age.
An unexpected attack connected to her family's past led to both of Xie Yi's parents being captured and the Tianji Eye being stolen. She could no longer use her family's secret arts.
With no other choice, Xie Yi worked as a half-baked fortune-teller in Yuecheng while searching everywhere for clues about her parents.
During a supernatural incident, Xie Yi rescued Jiang Lue, who also possessed a Tianji Eye. He insisted on becoming her apprentice, and Xie Yi resolved to use him to draw out the people who had taken her parents.
Xie Yi, Jiang Lue, and her childhood friend Feng Si formed Yuecheng's ghost-catching squad, taking paid jobs to deal with supernatural incidents all over town.
They weathered many hardships together, and as Xie Yi and Jiang Lue grew closer, their initial mutual misunderstanding gave way to feelings neither could hide.
As they repeatedly escaped death by a hair's breadth, the same divine statue kept appearing, and mysterious black water that could enhance their powers suggested that some force was setting everything in motion.
The face reader's silence and the mysterious disappearance of the beggar beneath the pagoda tree also made Xie Yi suspect that someone close to her had another identity.
Jiang Lue: "Why are you holding your sword like that?"
Xie Yi, gripping her Seven-Star Sword as if she were about to throw a javelin: "You wouldn't understand. This is the proper way to catch ghosts and subdue demons."
Jiang Lue: "Then why are you breathing fire? Can folk acrobatics ward off evil too?"
Xie Yi: "How ignorant. That's just my unique ghost-catching technique."
Xie Yi (looking proud): "Besides, I've also studied things like breaking rocks on my chest and swallowing swords."
Jiang Lue: "…"
