Ao Ning, the God of War of the Western Sea, devoted herself to supporting Ao Qin, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Sea, fighting battles and repairing the grand formation for him. Yet Ao Qin repaid her kindness with betrayal, conspiring with Bai Lian, a woman from another world who possessed a system. Bai Lian falsely claimed to carry a five-clawed golden dragon. Bewitched by her, Ao Qin insisted on gouging out Ao Ning's life-scale to forge a birthing bed for Bai Lian. Seeing through the scheming woman's tricks, Ao Ning exposed the fraud involving the Water-Calming Pearl and Dragon-Testing Stone in front of everyone, only to be attacked by Ao Qin and the assembled officials. With her heart broken, Ao Ning tore out her own reverse scale and severed their bond. Her peak combat power awakened, and she subdued the Sea-Quelling Divine Sword, shattered the protective sea formation, crushed the evil dragon, and rescued the old dragon who had protected her. In the end, she cast off all attachments, rose to the summit, and became the ruler of all four seas.