All things are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows. Break through the veils clouding your vision, let go of your obsessions, hold fast to your burning dreams, and seek to understand the truth behind everything in this world. When a top swordsman who understands the true heart of the sword and sees through the illusion of strength and weakness falls into a vast metropolis of steel and concrete, then enters the tide of interstellar civilization, what path should he take? Should he wield just one sword all his life and make the whole world know his name, or hide his edge, make a living with a broken sword, and seek a safe life in the mundane world? Without desperation, there can be no comeback; without adversity, there can be no life. Amid endless headwinds, hold fast to one's true heart, see through illusions, and follow the right path: this is the road a high-ranking swordsman must walk throughout his life.
In Star Era 372, the Human Federation spanned the Solar System. Above Earth's orbit, the colossal space station Sword-Forging Platform hung like a blade suspended over the sea of stars, quietly bearing the future of human civilization. It was the core base of the Federation's Swordsman Program. After ten years of iteration, the program had reached its third phase. Humanity had poured its finest computing power and materials technology into creating an artificial intelligence cluster named Swordsman. It was meant to explore the depths of interstellar space and defend against threats from unknown civilizations, but after two hours of heated debate, the project reached a crossroads of fate.
