The Divine Lord Luo Mian was demoted for falling in love and sent to the mortal realm to undergo a lifetime of romantic tribulation. The painting he had created with his own hand was punished alongside him.
Before the painting could be destroyed, his mount and the divine beasts from the palace fled to the mortal realm with it. From then on, the mortal world had three temples to the gods, and a legend of an immortal maiden in a painting.
Yan Qing, the maiden in the painting, meets the scholar Xie Ci while trying to break the painting's seal. From that moment on, their fates become entangled.