There is a martial arts sect in Huainan, China, called the Xiaoyao Sect.
There are thousands of Xiaoyao sect disciples and disciples, including three "disciples of the leader". Their eldest disciple Zhang Yibai rebelled and kidnapped the leader Li Qinghui and his followers and fled the Central Plains.
After discussion between the second disciple Deng Tong and the third disciple Bai Liyan, they decided that Bailiyan and several other senior disciples should go to trace Zhang Yibai's traces. Baili thus entered a vast world with many sects and mixed interests...