When a modern soul falls into the mythology of Journey to the West and becomes the Peacock Princess on Qingluan Peak, a character who was supposed to be no more than a backdrop, she and the notorious Golden-Winged Great Peng of the Lion Camel Kingdom are destined to shatter the shackles of fate.
When they first meet, he is a demon king who commands the fear of the Three Realms, yet he makes an exception and stays on the peak for her. She is a newly awakened soul from another world, soothing his lonely years with spirit leaves and morning dew. From sitting together late at night and chatting about the trifles of the Three Realms, to drawing swords against Sun Wukong to protect her, from fighting side by side to break through the flames of war in the Lion Camel Kingdom, to facing the schemes of Spirit Mountain and standing together in life and death, they are drawn to each other by the feeling of being outsiders. He resents being rejected by his own kind, while she refuses to be at the mercy of fate. Together, they use their deep love to fight against the “fate of pawns” laid down by gods and Buddhas.
Amid the chaos of Journey to the West, his golden wings can withstand the strike of the Golden-Banded Cudgel, while her Nirvana feathers can cleanse the battlefield of its bloodlust. When a world-ending black wind sweeps in, they join their spiritual powers and awaken an ancient symbiotic art, etching their vow to “live together as a pair” into their souls. In the end, they turn their backs on high station in the Three Realms and build a paradise on Qingluan Peak. They watch the sun rise over the sea of clouds and tend spirit flowers and strange plants, letting their love, which broke the constraints of gods and demons, bloom into the gentlest flower in years far removed from strife.
