The Great Wu unified the realm and founded its nation on martial prowess. After the new emperor ascended the throne, he listened to the slander of petty men and began purging the previous dynasty's meritorious officials to eliminate his rivals and consolidate his rule. The Jiang family was implicated and struck from the ranks of the five great families overnight. But no one knew that the Jiang family's frail, sickly young master would enter the martial world. From then on, a black-clad figure with a long saber at his waist appeared, a fiend who struck terror into the martial world, the imperial court, and the entire cultivation realm.