Descending to the Mortal Realm as a Divine Physician

Ling Yue, a celestial maiden who oversees the Clear Dew Bureau and the flourishing and withering of every plant, asks to descend to the mortal realm and undergo trials in pursuit of greater mastery of the immortal arts. In the mortal world, she becomes Zhu Jinghan, the legitimate daughter of the Zhu family, a family of physicians for generations. She has known herbs and ancient remedies since childhood, and later becomes the closed-door disciple of the Imperial Academy of Medicine’s director, who is traveling the land. With a compassionate heart, she practices medicine among the people.

One day, while gathering herbs in the mountains, she unexpectedly saves the gravely wounded young general Fu Jingqi, who has fallen unconscious. No one knows that Fu Jingqi, too, is an immortal lord undergoing tribulation in the mortal realm. Once a sword-wielding immortal lord under Lingxiao, he has descended to the human world to understand his own heart.

Zhu Jinghan saves his life with her skill and compassion, while Fu Jingqi protects her with his unyielding spirit. Their paths cross again and again amid the bustle of mortal life. Their shared understanding as they gather herbs and treat the sick, and the trust they build fighting side by side, quietly kindle a love that transcends the divide between immortals and mortals. Both keep their immortal memories hidden, yet tacitly guard the same secret, wanting only to share each day together as ordinary people.

But the whims of imperial power intervene. At a palace banquet, the emperor seeks to betroth Zhu Jinghan to Wen Xinghe, the refined and handsome legitimate son of the prime minister. Fu Jingqi crashes the wedding in front of everyone, and the two confess their love for each other.

After several years of marriage, the daily grind of life wears away their immortal edges, while drawing the hearts that have weathered tribulation ever closer. Only when their hair has turned white and they have experienced sickness, aging, and death do they realize that the person beside them has also been an immortal undergoing tribulation.

A hundred years in the mortal world pass in the blink of an eye. For ten thousand years in the clouds, they will spend each day by each other’s side.