During the Xiantong period of the late Tang Dynasty, Li Zhao, a 16-year-old boy from Weinan, suffered tragedies one after another when his father fell off a cliff and his mother died of illness. His family was ruined and his creditors were closing in on him. In troubled times, he had nothing and was forced to join the army, and began a bloody military career at the foot of Jingyuan City.
From an auxiliary soldier who was bullied by others, to a sharp soldier fighting for survival in a bloody battle, Li Zhao struggled to survive in the mountain of corpses and sea of blood. He met loyal and brave companions, encountered conspiracy and betrayal, witnessed the treacherous war smoke, and during the shocking changes in the destruction of Jingyuan City, he accidentally shouldered a huge secret related to the fate of the country and a blood-stained military talisman.
Escape from purgatory and travel east alone. The road ahead lies in the suspicious Longzhou, the undercurrent of Tongguan, the unfathomable owner of the business, and the pursuit and temptation everywhere. In this apocalyptic world where buildings are about to collapse and lives are like grass, how can a lonely man from a poor family struggle to survive in the stranglehold of power and the furnace of war? Can he use the sword in his hand to open a bloody path to the throne of Jiedushi and save the world?
