Stepping away from the perspectives of the three male leads in the original Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, this story focuses on the women of the martial world, each branded with a label. A gathering of martial heroes in Apricot Grove is about to erupt into turmoil. A Zhu and Wang Yuyan slip away from Mantuo Manor together, and on the way they run into the free-spirited A Zi. The three agree to hide outside the grove and watch the grand martial arts gathering.
Kang Min lays her plans in secret, waiting for the right moment to reveal a shocking secret. After hearing about the gathering, Ruan Xingzhu rushes to Wuxi, quietly hoping amid the sea of people that she might find the daughter she lost many years ago. Li Qingluo of Mantuo Manor remains trapped in the heartbreak of her past, repeatedly causing farcical mix-ups as she tries to catch her faithless lover and mistakes strangers for him.
A sudden thunderclap in Apricot Grove entangles everyone's fates. Each woman has her own heartache. They argue and trade barbs, yet in times of danger they also come to understand one another. There is no forced happy ending, and no attempt to whitewash everyone. Watch these women of the martial world, trapped by circumstance, struggle and make choices amid a torrent of grudges and feuds. Experience the most iconic longing in the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils: wanting something that can never be attained. Their stories lay bare the regrets and sorrow that the sons and daughters of the martial world hide behind flashes of steel.
