Shen Yingxue would never forget that day.
She went out to buy birthday rice cakes for her son, who had just turned one. But when she returned home, all she found was an empty bed. Her child was gone, and only a jade pendant engraved with the Gu family crest remained.
Her infant son had been taken from her, her cultivation was gone, and she was left wandering in the wilderness, close to death.
Fortunately, the hermit Cangwu saved her. She became his disciple and devoted herself to cultivation for twelve years, with only one thought in her heart: to find and protect her child.
After returning to the mortal world, she took in a disciple, Su Xiaotang, and sent her to cultivate at Tianyan Academy.
Then, by chance, her disciple mentioned that the Gu family had a gifted young heir named Gu Xingchen.
Shen Yingxue was shaken to the core.
That was the very name she had chosen for her son all those years ago.
She secretly infiltrated the academy and silently watched over the boy. Several times she wanted to reveal who she was, but she feared bringing trouble upon him and never dared act rashly.
What she didn't know was that Gu Xingchen was also troubled by an inexplicable bond, and the jade pendant at her waist stirred a familiarity in him he couldn't explain.
When they finally reunited, seventeen years of longing surged forth all at once.
As the truth was gradually revealed, Shen Yingxue learned that she was no ordinary cultivator from the lower realm, but the daughter of an Immortal Emperor from the upper realm.
The pain of losing her child was entangled with schemes and grudges in the upper realm, and the Gu family had been nothing more than a pawn in someone else's hands.
