Xiao Kui is an orphan from a fishing village. She was born a little slow, but she's good at everything, from chopping wood in the mountains to fishing in the sea.
Everyone in the village bullies her for being dimwitted. Only her neighbor, Brother Mutou, treats her well.
To pray for favorable weather and a good harvest in the coming year, Xiao Kui is chosen as a sacrifice to the Sea God.
By a series of muddled accidents, she stumbles into an underwater palace. The first thing she sees is a face so beautiful it seems to glow.
Xiao Kui asks, "Lord Sea God, are you going to eat me?"
The beautiful Sea God's voice is more lovely than the tide.
"Who told you I was the Sea God?"
Xiao Kui is sent back to the fishing village.
The next day, the beautiful Sea God's old illness flares up. His snowy-white serpentine tail twists in agony.
Before curling up on the cold ground, he looks up and sees those innocent eyes.
Xiao Kui says, "Lord Sea God, the villagers sent me back to look after you."
The beautiful Sea God's eyes darken. Before he passes out, he snaps coldly,
"Get out."
The ground is so cold. How can the Sea God sleep on it?
Thinking this, Xiao Kui easily hoists his solid body onto her shoulder.
She hasn't taken two steps when she suddenly looks down in surprise.
At some point, his cold serpent tail has silently coiled around her waist.
For the first time, Xue Zhe doesn't wake in pain.
In the coils of his overlapping white serpent body lies the motionless figure of a small girl.
A foolish mortal, seeking her own death.
Xue Zhe lowers his long lashes, and his serpent tail loosens, but then suddenly stops.
A warm cheek presses against his cold scales. A pair of soft little hands unconsciously hugs his thick, long tail.
She's still alive.
Xue Zhe's icy gaze sweeps over her face. Just as he is about to toss this presumptuous little thing away, his serpent pupils suddenly widen.
"Lord Sea God..."
The girl smacks her lips, a sweet, naive smile appearing on her face.
"You're so beautiful when you cry."
Afterward, Xue Zhe keeps the innocent, naive little sacrifice by his side.
Until a cultivator appears, looking exactly like Geng Lin, the War God who sealed him away.
Xue Zhe faces the cultivator coldly, but the man only gives a casual wave.
This time, the little sacrifice who has always been loyal runs toward the cultivator without looking back.
"Brother Mutou! You came to get me!"
*Male and female lead, some angst for the male lead, battle-scarred, beautiful but tragic, love and hate intertwined
Theme: Love can overcome anything
