Lingyuan was rescued by Mu Qingyuan when she was young, and the two depended on each other for life. When South Vietnam fell, Qingyuan was tortured to death by Yeluhong for keeping his integrity. Lingyuan took the name of Lingyi and took revenge with the help of Northern Qi general Yan Heng. She dealt with the Northern Qi royal family, taking advantage of Yan Heng's deep affection to create conflicts with the royal family at every step, but on the way to revenge, she developed true feelings for her enemy. In the end, Lingyuan killed Yeluhong with his own hands, ascended to the throne and changed the name of his country to Yuan. In his later years, he returned to Lin'an, where he fulfilled his unfinished agreement with Yanheng among the lotus flowers in the West Lake, and ended quietly.
