The Misty Continent:
The young orphan Ye Yingying is taken in by the young master of Luoxia Fort.
Years later, to repay him for saving her life, she cuts out her golden core to save him.
To repay the fort master's kindness in raising her, she offers up a thousand-year-old spirit herb to save him.
But outside, rumors spread that Luoxia Fort bought the herb at a high price.
Ye Yingying had only done it for the money.
Before long, she is branded an ungrateful wretch.
The first thing the fort master does after recovering is come to kill her.
Because she is a stain on Luoxia Fort.
Reborn into a new life,
she refuses to be bound by gratitude.
She wants nothing from them.
They say she's ungrateful?
Then she'll make sure she lives up to it.
Using the ancient treasure, the Water Spirit Pearl, as bait, she thrusts Luoxia Fort into the center of a storm.
But unexpectedly, her actions catch the eye of a reclusive sect, which takes her in.
When they meet, she says, “I'm ungrateful.”
Her master replies, “I never did you a favor.”
Her senior brother says, “I'm even quicker to run away.”
In that case, she'll just have to stay for a while!
Years later, with her sect's help, she rises from a frail healer to the strongest water-element spellcaster.
She takes on the cultivation world's strongest sword cultivator with her bare hands.
At the sect tournament, she's ready to show what she can do.
Huh? Why has the treasure she gave away come back on its own and fused with her dantian?
She hasn't even made a move, and her opponent is already crippled.
The young master of the fort comes to demand, “Give me back the Water Spirit Pearl.”
Ye Yingying replies, “Your intelligence isn't good enough for it.”
Before Ye Yingying can draw her sword, her quietly protective senior brother kicks him away. “Get lost.”
The fort master, now left with little to his name, regrets everything and comes begging for forgiveness.
Her master hands her a pile of magical artifacts. “Disciple, my offer is more sincere than his. Don't forgive him.”
The fort master says, “I'll give you everything I own.”
Her master replies, “Fine. I've got the compensation already. You two have nothing to do with each other anymore.”