After the conspiracy in Yanghe Valley claims the life of Nangong Yixin, a powerful figure of his generation, the Nangong clan loses many of its most capable members. Its only male heir is still a child, and the clan is left in a precarious position as the great powers of the martial world vie for supremacy. The Li family of Dongting, whose territory borders the Nangong clan's, secretly strikes at them. Nangong Yixin's wife is ambushed and has no choice but to fake her death. To avenge his mother, Nangong Tianlin draws the Nangong clan into the sea of power struggles that is the martial world.
