As the dynasty declines, the feudal lords vie for supremacy and rival powers rise. The Xue family becomes a sacrificial offering in the war between the lords of Zheng and Chen. Xue Duruo, a girl who watched her family fall apart when she was young, embarks on a path of revenge. She grows step by step along the way and finds someone who offers her redemption. But fate has never been kind to the two of them. Caught in a vortex of love and hate, what path will Xue Duruo take? Can she find a balance between family, friendship, and love, and solve the riddle of her fate? Can this pure, passionate love, beset by struggle, find its happy ending?
