Old Lady Shen is in truth Hou Tu, the Goddess who incarnated the Six Paths of Reincarnation. Sixteen years ago she rescued an orphan girl, A Ning, and raised her with all her heart. But A Ning was deceived into ascending to heaven by the Heavenly Emperor Xuan Yao, and her innate undying soul lamp was seized to save Fairy Yao Guang. All of this was a trap set by the Great Emperor Zi Wei, who sought to lure Hou Tu out through A Ning and seize the source of the Six Paths. Old Lady Shen storms the Ninth Heaven, destroys the Heavenly Gate, puts the gods on trial in open court, crushes the heavenly thunder tribulation with her bare hands, and exposes the entire conspiracy. She rescues A Ning, seals away the treasonous ancient emperors, and supports A Ning in ascending the throne to reestablish equal heavenly laws.