Ruan Ning, a brilliant graduate of an elite university, only wanted to focus on her studies and earn money to save her ailing mother—until she accidentally uncovered her true origins: she's the illegitimate daughter of powerful tycoon Wei Changtian. To use her as a shield, Wei Changtian forcibly drags her into the brutal underworld power struggle. Refusing to be manipulated, Ruan Ning fights back—step by ruthless step—through the cutthroat trials of rival factions.