On the day of Jingzhe in the Year of Yisi, a mountain boy named Ruan Pingqing enters Zhongling Spiritual Academy, joining the reserve ranks of the operatives who handle spiritual-energy anomalies.
This place is full of scions from powerful families, all chasing wealth, fame, and status. They monopolize vast resources, scheme against each other, and claw their way up. Among them, he is drawn into an acquaintance with the most powerful one.
Guan Heng, young mistress of a prominent family, comes from a clan that controls nearly the entire spiritual-affairs enforcement agency. She makes friends, travels far and wide, roots out corrupt villains, and struggles with her power-hungry elder brother. At last, she discovers that every misfortune has a cause. Secrets from years ago are also exposed, helping her understand why, among all those people, she alone felt she had met him before.
She rises and falls with the world, changing in appearance and temperament. Power and life itself flow past her like water, yet her upright spirit remains unchanged.
"Lord Ruan." Guan Heng gazes into his eyes, her eyes seeming to hold sparks bursting into flame. "I'll be waiting for the day we can break all this injustice together."
Ruan Pingqing asks why her name, unlike those of her several older brothers, includes the character for jade.
Heng is the horizontal piece of jade on a jade pendant. Shaped like a stone chime, it is usually placed at the top of a set of jade ornaments to keep them balanced.
Premise: Keep a broad mind and strive tirelessly.
