[Strong female lead + powerful heroine + grows from weak to strong]
The heroine, Ji Yun, collects divine armor to grow stronger, and from the start she sees through a scumbag and decisively cuts him loose.
The male lead, Cui Yu, hides his identity as he ventures through the martial world. They meet again and again and gradually fall in love, but his father happens to die at the heroine's hands, leading to a turbulent romance of separation and reconciliation.
The female supporting character, Xue Yao, repeatedly frames the heroine and suffers the consequences every time. She and the male supporting character, Tian Kuan, try to assault the heroine but fail. Instead, the two supporting characters have a child together, only for the heroine to discover them and foil their plan to use the child to gain status.
After the female supporting character, Wu Xue, takes in the scoundrel Dongfang Xiao, she keeps targeting the heroine. The heroine cuts off her support, and Wu Xue ultimately loses her high position and is cast down into the dust.
The male supporting character, Zhou Yi, harbors sinister intentions. The heroine castrates him in front of everyone, then sends him a fake son and tricks him into raising another man's child.
She takes on disciples, builds a team, and establishes her own power. She treats her people sincerely, only to be betrayed...
The kindhearted older-sister figure, Hua Mu, helps her at every turn and seems wholly devoted, but she has a secret she keeps hidden...
