In the late Kaiyuan years of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Miao Yue (Dharma name Xingchen), a monk of Yueqi Temple, practiced as a male for more than ten years. Her natural physical abnormalities and secret gender desire made her repeatedly struggle between the precepts and her true heart. She hid wintersweet petals in a scripture, and between stomachache and meditation, she secretly described her yearning for the life of an ordinary woman.
Xiao Lingyue, the killer of Chang'an Shadow Pavilion, entered Yueqi Temple to find his long-lost brother. The old scar at the end of his left eyebrow hides the bloody past. She approached Miao Yue in the name of "fulfilling her wish" and handed out Poria cocos cake mixed with the warmth of roasted ginger. Her inadvertent protection broke through Miao Yue's disguise and panic. A jade pendant with the word "Moon" engraved on it and an old coat embroidered with wintersweet on the skirt quietly connect the two people's life experiences.
When Miao Yue's faith collapses due to her obsession with "wanting to be a woman", when Xiao Lingyue's identity as a killer is exposed, when the undercurrent of the feudal town and the shadow pavilion outside the temple are approaching, the pair of people who meet in the sound of Sanskrit and the light of the sword will finally discover the true meaning of Buddhism in the choice of "transfer oneself" and "protect others", and also see the deep love in each other's eyes.
Intention: Inner twisting and struggling