He Jiao is the female protagonist, an 18-year-old rural girl born in 1980. At 15, she became paralyzed after bathing in a river and her belly swelled like pregnancy for three years. Neglected by her family, she attempted starvation. Su Qinghuai, a fox spirit, came to marry her. After being bitten by a talking snake, she regained mobility but soon faced her zombie sister and the schemes of snake and fox spirits. Her family was massacred, and she vowed revenge while learning cultivation from Old Woman Hu.
