[Political intrigue + farming and gardening + retreat to the mountains + business and wealth + mystical spirit spring + mystery and exploration + deep bonds between kindred spirits + hidden origins + legacy of the Gatekeepers + treasure-hunting adventures + helping the people and bringing peace + fateful adventure]
She withdraws from the political storm, resigns her post and retreats to a quiet life, farming, running a business, managing a mountain estate, and helping the people and bringing peace.
In a year of famine, with corpses scattered across the land, she catches the prefect embezzling relief funds. She carefully lays a trap to expose him, only to fall into one snare after another. In the end, she realizes that she was merely a pawn, carefully manipulated all along. Awakened from her long nightmare, she goes into hiding at the Censorate, working as a lowly copyist. She bides her time and sharpens her pen into a blade, punishing corrupt officials and bringing relief to the people. Amid the chaos of the age, she completes a long-overdue redemption.
Chunni resigns and retreats from public life, clearing land, building gardens, and growing crops and raising livestock. Her mountain estate soon becomes renowned. Accompanied by her kindred spirit A Xiu and the young servant Fu Shun, she stumbles upon a blue spirit spring that draws visitors from all directions. The spring conceals a mystery, and the suspense grows as a legendary secret realm begins to unfold.
Chunni reveals that she is descended from the Gatekeepers. To guard the seal, she sets out to find the Soul-Calming Stone.
Following the map, the group explores Crescent Arch, but finds only a farewell letter. The spiritual stone is nowhere to be seen.
When danger strikes, Chunni leads everyone in holding their ground. A Xiu carries the hidden secrets of fate and sets out on a perilous quest for the stone, with no certainty of survival...
