In a remote border town, Xiao Yunshu, a craftswoman who tends a medicinal garden, has been able to hear the whispers of plants since birth. She commands enchanted soil and grows unusual crops, quietly improving grains and vegetables while sheltering refugees.
Natural disasters strike one after another, the feudal lords carve up the land, and spiritual qi revival gives rise to people with extraordinary abilities. A chaotic age is coming, and the fires of war are closing in on her peaceful refuge.
She takes in orphaned children and raises a spirit fox. While farming and storing grain, she quietly builds up defenses. She appears to be a gentle country girl, but in truth she commands the pulse of the earth.
The cold-faced general Yuchi Zheng arrives with his remnants to seek aid. He sees through the strange workings of her spiritual fields, and the two go from forming an alliance of convenience to entrusting their lives to each other.
When the false protectors reveal themselves and the lords’ armies close in, she awakens the ancient tree’s spiritual veins and uncovers an ancient covenant seal. Starting with the cultivation of the heart, she plants the seeds of an empire stretching thousands of miles.
