Xu Mu Chan

Fang Li, a white-collar worker in the city, dreams every night of the fallen princess Xiu Rong being tortured by Qin Zi Chuan, a general from an enemy state. Determined to uncover the truth, she travels to the place from her dreams, Lvya Mountain, where she unexpectedly meets Qin Xu, a guesthouse owner and novelist. Strangely, Qin Xu bears the exact same appearance as the general from her dreams, and the plot of the novel he is writing astonishingly mirrors the events she sees in those dreams. As reality and dreams become increasingly intertwined, the two gradually fall for each other. However, they soon discover that the tragic love and karmic entanglements from a thousand years ago are repeating themselves. Can they rewrite their fate and finally bring an end to this life-and-death bond that has endured across time and space?

The story takes place at the end of the Tang Dynasty. Li Jing Liu is a business tycoon, while Long Ao Yi is the leader of the Longzhu Sect. When a mysterious burglary shakes the city, the city's two overlords are pitted against each other. On the one side is mob boss Long Ao Yi. She represents the Lower Jiuliu, the lower class consisting of entertainers, seamstresses, candy sellers, matchmakers, thieves, burglars, and prostitutes. On the other side is silk tycoon Li Qing Liu, the calculating leader of the Upper Jiuliu and the social elites. The two must push aside their prejudices as they go from fighting for the city to working with each other. From the alleys of Chengdu to foreign locales to the royal court of the Tang Dynasty, the two fight with each other and then together in both jianghu and the business world.