Ye Zhishu, the former head of a powerful mystical sect on the Xuanying Continent, perishes in a suicidal battle against ancient masters. Her soul unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a twenty-two-year-old woman with the same name, who had just attempted suicide by cutting her wrists in a blood-stained bathtub. This new host was the discarded half-sister of Ye Wanqing, the protagonist of a novel titled "The Slightly Sweet Actress." Abandoned by her father, Ye Zhikuan, and stripped of her inheritance by her stepmother, Yi Lan, the original owner lived in destitution before taking her own life. Ye Zhishu awakens with a mechanical entity known as the Mountain God Seal bonded to her wrist. The seal had projected a fragment of her divine soul into this world to save Qingming Mountain, which has withered due to a lack of spiritual energy. In exchange for restoring the mountain, Ye Zhishu must collect faith power, leading her to start a livestream fortune-telling channel called "Mountain God Fortune-Telling."
Her first broadcast is sparse, attracting only a few viewers until she is forced into a PK match with Li Hui, a popular exploration streamer in Fengmen Village. Using the Mountain God Seal, Ye Zhishu detects a fated calamity hanging over Li Hui: he is destined to be killed by a vengeful spirit in an abandoned slaughterhouse within fifteen minutes. Despite Li Hui’s skepticism and the mockery of his audience, Ye Zhishu warns him of his impending death. When Li Hui ignores her advice and enters the slaughterhouse, he is indeed hunted by a ghostly figure wielding an iron hook. In a moment of sheer terror, he begs for help. Ye Zhishu agrees to save him on the condition that he pays one hundred thousand yuan and promises to offer incense at Qingming Mountain Temple annually. She casts a talisman that neutralizes the spirit, allowing Li Hui to survive. The incident goes viral, and Ye Zhishu’s follower count surges past fifty thousand.
Buoyed by this success, Ye Zhishu continues her livestreams and encounters Ji Mingrui, the current rookie stream king, in another PK. She immediately identifies that Ji Mingrui is also under a death sentence, destined to die in a car accident within three days due to fatigue. Furthermore, she discovers that his girlfriend, Yanyan, is not human but a fox demon feeding on his life essence. When Yanyan reveals her true monstrous form in a VIP room, terrifying Ji Mingrui, Ye Zhishu intervenes again. She captures the fox demon into a golden light mound and breaks Ji Mingrui’s fated calamity. In return, Ji Mingrui pays her one hundred thousand yuan and helps her win the PK, securing a traffic boost bonus. Ye Zhishu also captures the white fox demon, bringing it back to Qingming Mountain to serve as a sweeper and cultivator.
The narrative then shifts to Ye Zhishu’s family conflicts. Ye Wanqing calls to inform Ye Zhishu that their father wishes for her to attend a charity banquet hosted by the Ji family, a top-tier aristocratic household. Ye Zhishu agrees only after demanding two million yuan from her father, whom she perceives as having caused her mother’s death and stolen her inheritance. At the Ji Group hotel, Ye Zhishu encounters Ji Yanzhi, the eldest son of the Ji family, who sits in a wheelchair and exudes a death aura indicating he has less than a month to live. Ji Mingrui, who is Ji Yanzhi’s younger brother, had previously mentioned his brother’s chronic illness. Ye Zhishu recognizes the connection between the Ji family and her current clients. The story concludes with Ye Zhishu visiting Antique Street to procure talisman materials, where she discovers a mysterious shop run by a man seemingly unaware of the spiritual dangers lurking in the modern world, hinting at future alliances and conflicts as she navigates her new life in this spirit-depleted world.
