Lan Sheng was raised from childhood by an underground organization to fight in illegal underground matches. Battling for his freedom in the octagon, he was ambushed and sent to China on the eve of its great upheaval. There, he became one of the Six Gentlemen of the Wuxu Reform and the son of Tan Sitong. He witnessed his father devote himself to reform without hesitation in a bid to save the nation, then watched the reform fail and his father lose his head. Powerless to do anything, Lan Sheng resolved to avenge his father and carry on his ideals by joining the revolution, overthrowing the Qing dynasty, and changing China.