After his lover cheats on him, the male lead accidentally commits murder and goes on the run. Along the way, he endures all kinds of love, hate, revenge, and bloodshed, eventually rising to become a feared overlord across the land! Though he survives countless conflicts and assassinations, and even manages to go straight for a time, ruling both the underworld and the legitimate world, he makes a shocking discovery: the sworn brother who helped him rise and had shared life and death with him was once his greatest enemy. Faced with such a dangerous and contradictory situation, what will the male lead choose...?