In the Great Yong dynasty, Grand Historian Xie Lingshuang once recorded history with her brush and read fate in the stars. But because she refused to falsify the records to flatter those in power and reveal imperial secrets, she was burned on the Starwatch Tower, leaving no remains. Pei Wujin, the general who guarded her tomb, raised an army to protect her unfinished manuscripts and clear her name, but his rebellion failed. He threw himself into the flames and died alongside her.
Reborn in a new life, the two returned with the indignation and convictions they had carried into death. She was no longer the aloof historian who merely recorded events. Using the paths of the stars as her strategy and the historical record as her blade, she swore to set things right, protect the written heritage, and restore order to the court. He was no longer a silent passerby guarding a tomb. Abandoning the tomb to enter the world, he became her sharpest shield and most resolute blade, staying quietly by her side until death.
Two formidable souls reunite against fate. In this life, she commands the secrets of heaven, determines the fate of the realm, and takes up the brush to write for the world. He guards the land and protects her, a swordsman who wields his blade in the dark. Their bond is not about being swept along by love. For the sake of the ambitions they could not fulfill and the principles they could not uphold in their previous lives, they will journey together toward a prosperous age, where the frost and dust have settled and the sun and moon shine once more.
