A brief summary of the first 10 chapters of the novel:
After the fall of the An Xia kingdom, Feng Miao Jun is adopted by the Feng family. At just 11 years old, her stepfather dies of the plague. Later, when Feng Miao Jun sees the elderly servant speaking badly about the An Xia kingdom, she gets angry, pushes the old woman, and curses at her. Later, Miao Jun, angered, goes out for a walk along the riverside. She becomes dizzy, and somehow, when she wakes up, she finds herself at the bottom of a river deep in the forest.
Deep in the river, she sees a fish that resembles a dragon. Just then, a man appears and kills the dragon-like fish. He takes the life pearl of the Ao fish, which has practiced cultivation for 400 years, and leaves. Feng Miao Jun witnesses everything silently from atop a tree. Moments later, the spirit of the Ao fish approaches her and tells her to go down and retrieve the other life pearl.
Because the Ao fish had practiced cultivation for 400 years, it possessed two life pearls. If someone who uses one of these pearls dies, the other person will immediately die as well. Seeking revenge against Yun Ya, the Ao fish gives the second life pearl to Feng Miao Jun. If Miao Jun were to die, Yun Ya would also perish. But Miao Jun acts cleverly—she takes the pearl but doesn't swallow it until she emerges from the river. After leaving the water, she swallows the pearl and returns to her family.
Feng Miao Jun begins to feel afraid, thinking that Yun Ya might find out about the incident and imprison her to prevent anything from happening to her.
