Without a Calendar

Wu Li, who lives at the bottom of society, can only herd sheep for the manor lord. But he refuses to accept his lot, secretly studying hard and practicing swordsmanship. Even so, the estate soldiers under Wei Manor often come to bully him and his neighbors.

A year later, while trying to save Uncle Wang's eleven-year-old daughter, Wu Li kills four estate soldiers and has no choice but to flee Wei Manor. During his escape, he is attacked again by one of Wei Manor's experts and struck by an arrow. He grits his teeth against the pain, cuts away the flesh to remove the arrow, and bleeds until nearly every drop is gone.

As his life is about to end, humiliation, resentment, and sorrow churn together in Wu Li's heart. Yet at the final moment, he obtains a Blood Spirit Herb and returns from the dead.

After escaping, Wu Li remains at the bottom of society and becomes a Gold Warrior. There, he meets Qin Ziyi, a girl being hunted by a manor lord. Qin Ziyi's mother was disgraced by the lord and then killed, and her father was not spared either. Using the martial arts he invented himself, Wu Li avenges the girl he loves…