Novelist Chen Xi unexpectedly transmigrates into Duan Lingyun, a cannon-fodder disciple in his own unfinished cultivation novel. He learns that the only way home is to finish the story by saving Lian Cheng, the Lord of the Ghost Domain, who is cursed and surrounded by the righteous sects. Using his “author’s perspective” golden finger, Duan Lingyun struggles to survive in a cultivation sect full of dangers while drawing close to and “winning over” Lian Cheng. He pretends to approach him, but gradually gives him his heart while Lian Cheng poses as an upright senior disciple. He witnesses Lian Cheng’s suffering and takes part in the world’s cruelty, eventually seeing in this “villain” a struggle and a deep devotion that transcend the divide between good and evil. When saving the villain conflicts with returning to reality, and the feelings that began as an act become impossible to forsake, Duan Lingyun must make his final choice between fate and love.
