Young Dong Yong sells himself to bury his father, his filial piety deeply moving the Seventh Fairy Maiden who has secretly descended to the mortal world. To help him redeem his freedom, the fairy maiden weaves a hundred bolts of exquisite silk in a hundred days using her extraordinary skill of weaving cloud brocade. During this time, the local earth god secretly schemes to cause a drought, attempting to force Dong Yong to break the contract. The two borrow the wisdom of an ancient locust tree to outwit the malevolent deity. In the end, the Seventh Fairy Maiden is captured and taken back to heaven by celestial soldiers. Before parting, she brings down a life-giving rain to relieve the people's suffering.