At Tai Zhen Temple, three-year-old Yan Luo and her senior sister Chu Yue receive magical artifacts from Master Ziyang Daoist Master: a red Jade Plate bearing Koi Luck and a black one holding Yin-Yang Eyes. Both girls have been reborn. In the previous life, Chu Yue chose the black plate, but the Yin-Yang Eyes attracted fierce ghosts that drained her spiritual energy and lifespan, causing her death soon after her coming-of-age ceremony. Yan Luo had taken the red plate, but the Koi Luck consumed her fortune and blood essence, and after being locked up by Duke Zhong’s family, she died of thirst. Now Chu Yue, knowing the black plate’s danger, openly demands the red plate. The master favors her and gives it to her, while Yan Luo receives the black plate. However, Yan Luo secretly forces a second drop of blood into the black plate, fully mastering the Yin-Yang Eyes so she can devour evil ghosts to strengthen her cultivation—a power she discovered too late in her past life.The National Preceptor calculated that Duke Zhong’s family would suffer twenty years of great misfortune due to an imbalance of yin and yang, and needs two adopted daughters with suitable destinies to ward off evil. Yan Luo and Chu Yue are chosen. In the previous life, Yan Luo was taken by the favored eldest branch and endured exploitation, while Chu Yue was sent to the second branch and died prematurely. Now, upon arriving at the mansion, they immediately face a test: a pavilion is haunted by a violent ghost. Chu Yue tries to exorcise it with the Koi Luck but fails—her talisman burns and her peachwood sword breaks. The ghost is fiercer than in her past life. Yan Luo quietly positions herself at the door and uses the Yin-Yang Eyes to overpower the ghost, absorbing it into her black plate, which transforms into a piece of dried meat for cultivation. She decides to stay low-key and not reveal her true power.During the family recognition ceremony, Duke Zhong’s three branches vie for the girls. The eldest branch and the second branch both compete for Chu Yue, believing her Koi Luck brings blessing. Chu Yue herself insists on joining the eldest branch, the most powerful. Yan Luo states only that she can see ghosts. The second branch reluctantly accepts Yan Luo, but their youngest son, Lin Shiying, throws a tantrum and hurls broken porcelain, which the Koi Luck deflects back, injuring him. The Second Madam angrily chides Chu Yue. Duke Zhong settles the matter: Chu Yue goes to the eldest branch, and Yan Luo is assigned to the third branch, which is weak and childless. Yan Luo is satisfied, as this will spare her the previous life’s fate.Thus Yan Luo begins her new life, armed with the Yin-Yang Eyes that allow her to devour ghosts and avoid being drained by the Koi Luck. Her goal is to cultivate through consuming evil spirits and prevent the family from using her. Chu Yue, meanwhile, believes she has secured the superior artifact, unaware that the Koi Luck will still exact a heavy toll. The story sets the stage for Yan Luo’s stealthy rise and the reversal of past tragedies.
