In the third year of Yonghui, Gusu City. Gu Qingyan, who was burdened with a blood feud, concealed his name and sneaked into the south of the Yangtze River in order to find out the truth about the "Ziwei Incident" that led to the destruction of Gu and Su's family thirteen years ago. By chance, he got a fragment of a scroll that seemed to contain palace secrets. As a result, he got involved in a bigger whirlpool and was robbed and hunted by the mysterious woman Su Wanqing. From the initial hostile temptation, the two discovered that they were the only survivors of the tragedy and had the same origin. In order to uncover the shocking conspiracy of the "Soul-locking Gu Xiang" to frame the imperial concubine and overthrow Zhongliang, they had to join forces and go from the mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River to the secret land of southern Xinjiang, every step of the way. Facing the powerful Netherworld Division, the wealthy imperial merchant Lin family, and the unfathomable court mafia, the two lonely souls warmed each other amidst conspiracy and killing, and embarked on a road full of thorns to avenge injustice.
