Lin Wantang, a master’s student in archaeology, “digs” herself into the ancient kingdom of Cang two thousand years in the past during an excavation one night.
She lands straight in a prison cell. Unable to speak the language, she is branded a demoness; when her supernatural powers go out of control, she is accused of being a spy. Before she has even warmed up to the prison food, a familiar voice comes from the next cell: “Damn it, another one?”
Zhao Dafù is a grave robber who transmigrated three months before her. He now sells insect repellent in the south of the city under the nickname “Master Zhao.” Two peas in a pod, they begin a hilarious struggle to survive in ancient times: learning how to dress, walk, speak, and write, while getting into one ridiculous mess after another.
Just when Lin Wantang finally finds her footing, she gets caught up in the palace’s power struggles. The cold-faced prince Cang Lan sees her as a demon and draws his sword against her. She thinks he is just as bad: a stony-faced, sharp-tongued nuisance.
But the Star of the Phoenix appears, and legend says, “Whoever wins the Phoenix Maiden wins the realm.” The price of winning her, however, is...
Thus begins a fateful tangle of love and hate.
