Xuân has waited eighteen years to be named heir, yet her two-day-old dead brother was chosen before her. Not only because she's a woman, but she's also the only descendant of the royal bloodline born without spirit sight.

Xuân's life takes a drastic turn when she meets Ky An, a young master from a wealthy family who can see and communicate with spirits. Posing as a shaman, Ky An uses his gift to help people with spiritual issues. Discovering his secret, Xuân plots to marry Ky An and claim to have gained spirit sight to secure her place as heir. What she doesn't expect is that her rebellious husband will become an even bigger threat to her ambitious plans.

When the spirits in the citadel start attacking humans and the Emperor falls ill, enemies in the Imperial Court use Xuân's supposed divine gift as an excuse to send her to the spirit realm, knowing no one has ever made it out alive.

With the kingdom's fate and her father's life at stake, Xuân must succeed in finding the gods and uncovering the answers her people desperately need. But how much can she trust her husband who's also her nemesis on this treacherous journey, while leaving her father in the hands of the vultures plotting to steal her throne?