Back From the Brink is a popular Chinese Drama about Yan Hui and Tian Yao. Yan Hui is a girl who was abandoned by her mother when she was a baby. Zhou Ye plays the role. Tian Yao is a spiritual dragon. He gets married with Su Ying in episode 1. But Su Ying dismembers him for saving her lover. Tian Yao is played by Hou Minghao.
Yan Hui is raised by the master of Morning Star Mountain Ling Xiao after she was given up by her mother. Ling Xiao needs to be seclusion in Back From the Brink. He lets his junior Ling Fei manage the sect. But Ling Fei is very evil. She catches the foxes and she wishes to know the whereabouts of the nine-tailed fox. She even brutally murders a fox. Yan Hui cannot stand it. She fights Ling Fei and she uses the power of Dragon Scale by mistake. She helps the monsters flee.
Why Does Su Ying Dismember Tian Yao?
Su Ying is the master of Chill Sect. Her sect belongs to immortal sects. She hates monsters as a fairy. But she hears Tian Yao has Dragon Scale. Dragon Scale can save her lover. She contacts Tian Yao. She expresses that she wants to marry him. He’s very happy after she made a proposal to him. He holds a wedding with her in Dragon Valley. But she stabs him when he tries to hug her in Back From the Brink episode 1.
Tiao Yao realizes that Su Ying married him for his Dragon Scale. So he throws away the Dragon Scale. He’s not her rival after he gave up the spiritual item. She dismembers him easily. Yan Hui’s mother gives birth to Yan Hui. But she doesn’t want to raise the baby. She takes Yan Hui to Black River. She puts her on the water with a basket. She gives up her and she decides to let her decide her fate. Dragon Scale gets into Yan Hui’s body at that time.
Su Ying is pretty and cold. She cares for nobody except her lover. She tempts Tian Yao with her beauty. She exposes her real intention at the wedding. Tian Yao is a spiritual dragon. But he’s innocent. He didn’t date any girl before. So he thinks Su Ying is his true love. He decides to give everything to her. But she’s ruthless. She tricks a poor man and she abandons him. She doesn’t feel guilty. She plans to go to look for Dragon Scale since Tian Yao threw it away.
Tian Yao becomes an ordinary man after Su Ying dismembered him. He lives in the village. Everyone in the village thinks he’s a fool. They don’t know he’s looking for Dragon Scale. Yan Hui uses the power of Dragon Scale when she fights Ling Fei. Tian Yao senses the power. He knows his Dragon Scale is in Morning Star Mountain. But he cannot get into the mountain because there’re immortals guarding the mountain gate.
Fortunately, Ling Xiao drives Yan Hui out of Morning Star Mountain after she brought trouble. Tian Yao targets her and he tails her. He knows she’s broke. He sees her walking into Qijue Store for earning money. She gets a task soon.
Yan Hui needs to catch a snake monster who stole the Flame Bead from Zhou family. She manages to catch the snake monster. But Tian Yao stuns her. He has a chance to take away Dragon Scale from her because she’s in coma. But he doesn’t do that.
Why Does Ling Xiao Kick Yan Hui Out of Morning Star Mountain?
Yan Hui becomes a beggar after she was abandoned by her mother in Back From the Brink episode 1. He wishes to eat a bun. But she doesn’t have money to pay it. Ling Xiao finds her and he takes the kid to Morning Star Mountain because he thinks the little girl is very poor.
Yan Hui doesn’t study hard since she joined Morning Star Mountain. She’s still one star disciple when others are three stars disciple. She goes to abstain from eating with them. But she eats the burn on the sly. They think she cannot drive sword if she doesn’t study hard. But she drives sword easily.
Yan Hui goes to the tower where the monsters are locked. Because the place provides buns. She and the monsters become friends. The fox wants to leave the tower because she doesn’t get used to the place. Yan Hui reminds her that she will be caught if she leaves.
Ling Fei shows up with some little foxes. She asks her followers to whip the little foxes. The fox is killed by Ling Fei for protecting the little foxes. Ling Fei plans to kill all the monsters. Yan Hui has to guard the monsters. She uses her power when she fights Ling Fei. She even releases all the monsters.
Ling Fei wants to beat Yan Hui. But Ling Xiao appears. He stops the girl. She reports to him that Yan Hui released all the monster. Ling Xiao drives Yan Hui out of the mountain. Yan Hui gets angry after he did it to her. She blames him for not caring for their friendship. But she doesn’t know his real goal.
Ling Xiao knows what Ling Fei did isn’t right. She caught the foxes and she killed them. He’s not happy with it. But Ling Fei is Su Ying’s sister. Su Ying is the master of chill Sect. He will go against Su Ying if he punishes Ling Fei.
Another reason is because Dragon Scale. Ling Xiao knows Su Ying has looked for Dragon Scale. Yan Hui exposed that she’s the owner of Dragon Scale. Su Ying will come to hurt Yan Hui. Ling Xiao thinks Morning Star Mountain isn’t a safe place anyone. So he has to banish Yan Hui.
It’s a hard decision to Ling Xiao. Because he has raised Yan Hui for many years since he found her in the town. He has treated her as his daughter. There’s no father wanting to let his daughter leave him. Yan Hui knows nothing about Ling Xiao’s plan. She’s furious to throw her sword at the gate when the senior persuades her to take away her belongings.
She doesn’t know her master did it for protecting her. Ling Fei won’t forgive Yan Hui if she continues to stay in Morning Star Mountain. Back From the Brink wants to give a new journey to Yan Hui. She will encounter Tian Yao. The dragon wants to take back his body. He needs Dragon Scale.
Dragon Scale is very powerful. It helped Yan Hui defeat Ling Fei even Yan Hui doesn’t open her mind sea. But the spiritual item is Yan Hui’s heart. Tian Yao has to kill Yan Hui if he wants to take back his Dragon Scale. But he won’t have his mercy after he was hurt by Su Ying. He hates the girls of immortal sects. Yan Hui comes from immortal sects. She doesn’t know she’s in danger after she left Morning Star Mountain. The handsome man Tian Yao targets her for her Dragon Scale.
Does Tian Yao Take Away Dragon Scale from Yan Hui?
Tian Yao was the master of Dragon Valley. He thought he will have a happy life. But his bride betrayed him. His body is sealed in the world. He needs to find Dragon Scale first if he wants to take back his body. He knows the girl Yan Hui is taking his Dragon Scale in Back From the Brink episode 1.
Yan Hui doesn’t know there’s a man is tailing her. She goes to the bun store. She tries to buy some buns. But the price of buns has gone up. She plans to buy ten buns. She can only afford two buns. She knows she needs to make money. She goes to Qijue Store where provides messages to earn money. But the messages are expensive. She pays one diamond and she gets the message.
She receives a task and she needs to go to arrest the snake monster who stole Flame Bead from Zhou family. She goes to the forest to look for the snake monster, according to the message. She thinks he won’t be there. But he appears and she catches him. He learns that she came to arrest him for the money. He offers triple the price Zhou family is going to pay her.
She’s interested in it since she only wants to get money. But Tian Yao stuns her with a stone. He paid attention her since she arrived in the town. He knows his Dragon Scale is in her body. He tries to take away the stuff. But he fails. Because Dragon Scale is protected by a power seal.
Tian Yao is very weak after he lost his body and Dragon Scale. He cannot life the seal. But he doesn’t want to let Yan Hui go. Because he doesn’t want to miss the chance. He takes her to the village he lives. The villagers mistake that he took back a wife.
Tian Yao knows that Yan Hui will flee if she wakes up. So he throws her into a woodshed. He ties her up and he leaves. The kid casts the stone to Yan Hui. She wakes up. Tian Yao brings the food to her. He feeds her since she cannot take the food.
Yan Hui is very poor. She was kidnapped by Tian Yao after she was banished. She doesn’t know she suffered because of Dragon Scale. Tian Yao won’t give up even if he doesn’t have the strength to take away Dragon Scale. He knows he needs to keep Yan Hui with him. He believes that he will have the strength one day.
Yan Hui knows nothing about Tian Yao’s plan. She doesn’t worry about herself even if she knows the handsome guy kidnapped. She learns that she’s in his village. She plans to go to catch the snake monster. So she will get the bounty. But she doesn’t know Tian Yao won’t let her leave. The man is obsessed with her heart.