Gu Qinglan, a grandmaster of kesi silk tapestry who has been asleep for forty years, unexpectedly awakens in the body of a young woman. Armed with her long-lost signature technique of weaving continuous warps and cutting discontinuous wefts, she returns to the scene, first crushing domestic insiders who built their success on plagiarism, then standing firm against predatory multinational capital. Facing the schemes and obstruction of Gu Nianwei and others, she advances step by step, using her extraordinary craftsmanship to safeguard China's traditional arts. In the end, the thousand-year-old art of kesi reaches the pinnacle of the world once again in her hands, dazzling the globe with the unparalleled artistry of the East. She also completes a legacy of craftsmanship spanning forty years and achieves her own redemption.