Lin Yongren, a young man from the bottom of society, is forced to join Penang’s gang, Zhongyi’an, to protect his ailing mother and young sister. Under the guidance of Uncle Hong, a big brother who values loyalty, he swears brotherhood with Turkey, Fei Biao, and the others, fighting his way through a world of blades and bloodshed. But conspiracies in the gang and the brutality of their sworn enemy, Xinyihe, grind their brotherhood to dust. His brothers die gruesome deaths, his mentor falls, and his lover leaves. When the flames of vengeance finally burn out, Lin Yongren stands alone on the bloodstained streets of Nanyang, bearing a wound that will never heal. He becomes the final, tragic footnote of the underworld.