After befriending Jiang Ziyou, Chu Yicheng, and others, young Lin Ke experiences the passion of youth and the chivalry of the martial world, before discovering a deep love for his country and its people. Little by little, he grows from a wealthy boy in a border town into a young general known throughout the land!
“Everyone else is like this, so why are you different? I was born to be a mountain, not a stream. I would contend with the peaks for the summit, and with the heavens for the heights. The silver spear in my hand is the faith of millions. People should live for themselves, but not only for themselves. A young person should have distant horizons in their heart, and a country and its people, too.”