Heavenly Stems, Blood Rain

During the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty, amid the rugged mountains along the border of Guizhou and Yunnan, the red-clad hero couple Nangong Yuqiao rescued the young swordsman Liu Canglang and his wife, Duan Xueer, from bandits. When the leader of the Hundred Flowers Sect, Shen Tinglan, was ambushed by demonic cultivators, she was saved by Wu Yuxing, the Mad Blade of the Four Seas, who ensured that she and her unborn child came to no harm. From then on, the Hundred Flowers Sect treated the Mad Blade Wu as an honored guest.

Not long afterward, Liu Canglang and Duan Xueer welcomed a son. In memory of the couple who had saved their lives, they named him Liu Yu.

At that time, Wu Yuxing was on the brink of death after accidentally being poisoned by the demonic cultivator Li Long. By chance, Liu Canglang and his son Liu Yu came upon him and saved his life with a miraculous medicine. To repay them, Wu Yuxing passed all his skills on to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was exceptionally gifted. He later received the true teachings of Bai Yang, another reclusive master, and became a peerless martial artist. With his ruthless decisiveness and mastery of the Tiangang Sword, he earned the nickname Bloodhand Greatsword in the martial world.

Young and impetuous, Liu Yu set out alone to roam the jianghu, hoping to fulfill his parents’ wishes and carry out his master’s mission. Thus began a twisting, extraordinary tale of love, hatred, and vengeance…