The prince and the dark sorceress's schemes are successful in unbinding the spell which holds the grand sorceress hidden. Qing Chen faces her destiny and is appointed as grand sorceress, meanwhile the Emperor makes plans to challenge his destiny.

As an empress, Qing Chen must give up her powers. In order to escape fate, Qing Chen must challenge the 6 stages of punishment and the test of death. Through death do them apart, the Emperor joins Qing Chen in the battle to defy fate.

Qing Chen trades all for the safety of her emperor and enters the circle of nine transformation. The circle resets the universe to undo what has been done. Qing Chen finds mages have been slaughtered and attempts to rescue those that are left.