Amidst the cold rain, the exile prisoner carriage travels to the wilderness. Shen Qinghe, wearing a wooden cangue and subjected to harsh harassment by the escorting bailiffs, shatters the cangue board with her bare hands and repels the bailiffs. Xiao Hanjin, who shares the carriage with her, is heavily injured and on the verge of death; Shen Qinghe takes care of him all the way. As a pack of wolves closes in, Shen Qinghe acts to subdue the alpha wolf, and the pack subsequently retreats and submits. When men in black appear to launch a surprise attack at night, and poisoned darts fly in, amidst heavy crises, the destinies of the two are closely intertwined.