her death was step one is a chilling and high-stakes chinese revenge drama that proves the dead can still strike back. after being betrayed by her husband and her best friend in a cold-blooded plot to steal her inheritance, the protagonist fakes her own demise to begin a masterclass in vengeance. she returns with a new face and a new identity, systematically dismantling the lives of those who ruined her. every move she makes is a calculated step toward their total destruction, and her death was only the beginning of their nightmare. witness a story where the victim becomes the ultimate predator, and no one is safe from the ghost of the past.