Ruan Zheng, the second disciple of Qi Shuming, the Sect Leader of the Emei Sect, was born with a pair of distinctive phoenix eyes and was exceptionally handsome. He, along with Qi Shuming's senior disciple, Shen Tuhong, the senior disciple of the Ascetic Monk, He Pingzi, and the senior disciple of Xuan Zhenzi, Zhuge Jingwo, all belonged to the Three Immortals of the East Sea and spent years following their master in cultivating at Fishing Rock in the East Sea, developing an inseparable relationship.
Decades ago, a group of Emei disciples mistakenly killed an Independent Immortal from overseas. They were captured by the Dragon Slayer using the Mile Cloth Bag and sent to Qi Shuming at Fishing Rock to be disciplined according to the family rules. Qi Shuming expelled the leading disciples, Shen Tuhong and Ruan Zheng, from the sect for eighty-one years. During this period, they were to undergo reincarnation three times before they could return to the sect.
