The heroine was an ordinary woman in the martial world, but a family secret drew her into its conflicts. While fleeing, she met the hero, a mysterious swordsman of great skill and an obsessive nature. He fell in love with her at first sight, and so began a passionate, consuming romance.
Because of what he endured as a child, the hero harbors hidden pain and a deep-seated obsession. His love for the heroine is ardent and wild; he cannot stand the thought of anyone coveting even the smallest part of her. The moment he senses that someone has feelings for her, he resorts to any means necessary to eliminate them, even if it means making an enemy of the entire martial world.
At first, the heroine is frightened and confused by the hero's complicated feelings. But as he repeatedly risks his life to protect her, she gradually begins to be moved. Meanwhile, factions throughout the martial world covet her family's secret and continually hunt them down. To protect her, the hero unleashes a storm of bloodshed across the martial world, obsessively believing that only by eliminating every threat can he keep her by his side forever.
Throughout their journey, their relationship is put to the test. The heroine strives to ease the obsession in the hero's heart and guide him toward the light, while he struggles between love and obsession, gradually realizing that love is not about possession. With delicate prose, the novel portrays its characters' inner worlds, weaving the martial world's feuds and passions together with an obsessive, devoted romance to tell a stirring, dramatic legend of the martial world.