The recently premiered Xianxia Chinese drama Love's Rebellion, starring Zhang Linghe and Jing Tian, released its first set of episodes on July 31, 2024. As seen in the official trailer, the drama follows the story of Nan Yan (Jing Tian), who crosses paths with Ji Yang (Zhang Linghe), the immortal monarch, while searching for a herb. Episode one focuses on Nan Yan and Ji Yang's first meeting.

In this episode, Nan Yan, a disciple of the Lunar Sect, traps her fellow disciple, Chu Jing, in a jar after he sets fire to her garden in her absence. Chu Jing had tried to destroy the Vermilion flowers that Nan Yan had been growing for two years. Furious, she tortures him with her pet scorpion. She is not afraid, even when other disciples come to save him. However, it soon becomes clear that Nan Yan did not mean to harm him. In fact, poison from the flowers was sucked into his bones and she used the scorpion to extract it.

The next scene takes viewers to the Xiagu Street Market. Rumors are circulating that Lord Shao Cang or Ji Yang has escaped from the Soul River. He is a notorious and ruthless ruler who has apparently murdered several of his disciples. Meanwhile, Nan Yan wanders into the market and crosses paths with Ji Yang, but the duo do not see each other.

Ji Yang reveals that the Prime Minister of the Great Path Sect, Ying Zewei, his master, expelled him from the sect after he convicted him of killing his disciples. He never committed the crime, but Zewei misunderstood him because the killer used his technique. Then Ji Yang was held in the underwater prison of the Soul River. Now he is searching for the long-lost Seven Sins Manual. Meanwhile, Zhu Sui, the sect's legal assistant, is searching for him along with his army. They use special types of beetles to follow his scent.