Lingxi, a good-for-nothing disciple of Qingxu Temple, has the innate ability to understand the whispers of plants and trees. She has no idea that she is an ancient Moon Goddess who lost her memories while undergoing a tribulation. On a trip down the mountain, she encounters Ye Xuan, the young master of Fox Mountain, disguised as a young nobleman, and gets swept into the turmoil between immortals and demons. Ye Xuan initially comes to take the “Moon Soul Pearl” inside her, but as he teases and tests her, he falls for her sincerity.
When Lingxi learns that he is a nine-tailed fox, and Ye Xuan discovers that she is the reincarnated Moon Goddess, the laws forbidding love between immortals and demons and the ancient secrets buried for a hundred years bind them like chains. To protect her, he is willing to cut off his own fox tails and defy the Heavenly Court. To save him, she is willing to burn up her primordial spirit and defy fate. From their first meeting in a small town to standing together in the forbidden grounds of Fox Mountain, from crossing swords at Qingxu Temple to gazing at each other through tears and blood in the Heavenly Prison, they are pulled back and forth between sweetness and pain, fighting destiny with their love.
In the end, the barrier between immortals and demons begins to weaken, and the two realms find a new balance. Having shed their divine status and demonic powers, they live together in a flower shop in the mortal world, moonlight falling across their shoulders. It turns out that their tribulations were only meant to refine their bond into something purer with time.
This is an ancient fairy tale song with the core of immortal sadomasochism and fateful love and calamity. The image of "the moon is dyed with frost" is cold and lonely, which is highly consistent with the sense of fate of "immortal calamity". The overall style is poignant and grand, with both visual sense and emotional tension.