Li Wanqing comes down from the mountains, armed with a lifetime of Daoist arts, and is swept into the whirlpool of palace intrigue. Faced with all manner of plots against her, she uses qi-reading techniques to expose conspiracies and the Qingxu sword style to break through deadlocks. If you refuse to reason with me, the sword in my hand is the best answer. Amid love, hate, passion, and vengeance, and the greater causes of family and country, she seeks the truth of the Dao and the mortal world.