On Chinese New Year's Eve, Shen Li is ordered by the Immortal Lord to return to the palace, where she must fulfil an alliance marriage to a member of the Divine Clan. This concerns the peace of both realms, who have been at war for a long time. She refuses to marry her fiancé, who has a bad reputation as a playboy, and while the guards give chase, she is wounded and falls into the mortal realm. Due to the gravity of her injuries, she has now lost her spiritual power and reverted to her true form, which is that of a red phoenix. She is easily caught by a merchant who plucks her feathers and is placed in a cage to be sold. Xing Yun is an aloof, lonesome man who buys the "chicken" and helps treat her injuries. This peculiar human, who for a strange reason can understand what she says, enjoys pranking her and loves hiding secrets. Through their time together, Shen Li begins to understand just how frail mortals are, and to repay his kindness, she decides to protect her sickly saviour.