As the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms gave way to the Song dynasty, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun became the prize all factions fought over, and ordinary people endured lives of misery. The Central Plains were engulfed in warfare as rival powers contended for supremacy, while the martial arts sects were drawn into the conflict as well. In this turbulent age, a young knight-errant emerged, bearing a family vendetta written in blood as he set out on a perilous and uncertain journey through the martial world.
