Liang Chen becomes a kitten who has just opened his eyes, and a pair of sisters who depend on each other take him home.
The older sister can barely bring herself to buy a cup of milk tea, yet she buys him formula and a baby bottle. She even tucks him into a cloth bag and takes him to school.
He owes them one. He has to repay their kindness.
But when he looks down at his paws, he figures earning enough to pay for the formula might take quite some time.
Then one day during morning reading, while he's sprawled on an English-Chinese dictionary, he catches the scent of a wisp of spiritual energy from outside the window.
Humans haven't noticed yet, but the world has already begun to change in secret.
Liang Chen perks up.
With a head start like this, why worry about being unable to provide for the two girls someday?
He immediately crouches down, faces the spiritual energy, and begins his first cultivation in this life.
