Modern desert survey engineer Shen Yan soul-travels into the exiled eldest daughter of the Dajing prime minister's estate, falling into the barren dead zone of the Western Desert. In this desperate situation, she awakens the ancient Scroll of Earth Vein Living Spirits: pacifying the people brings life, while killing and plundering brings dust. Relying on modern survey techniques, she awakens the withered earth veins, breaks alkalinity and leads springs, and reclaims green millet, carving out a peaceful city for the people in a borderland forgotten by the imperial court. When border-corroding corrupt officials and overwhelming barbarian dust attack simultaneously, she does not cede an inch of land, guarding the land she personally awakened. An epic of historical blood and sweat of a woman creating soil and pacifying the people to pioneer the Western Desert.