The Sword Sweeps the Martial World

In the early years of the Heavenly Dao, the land was plunged into chaos. Warlords fought for supremacy, flames of war raged without end, and bandits ran rampant. The people lived in misery. In those times, talented and extraordinary individuals sought out places rich in spiritual energy, founded sects, and protected the peace of the surrounding lands.

Members of these sects practiced martial arts year-round and never went anywhere without their swords. A few words out of place could be enough to make them turn their blades on each other. They lived by the code of settling grudges and pursuing vengeance, fighting and killing without end. Ordinary people came to call them the heroes of the jianghu.

As the sects passed down their traditions from generation to generation, a distinction between righteous and evil factions arose. The two sides seemed to bear a deep-seated hatred for each other, until they could no longer coexist. The young Chen Feng belongs to a righteous sect, yet somehow acquires a body of demonic arts. In a jianghu where righteousness and evil cannot coexist, where can he go, and where can he call home...