During the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was weak and the martial world was divided among rival factions. Legend has it that Qi Jiguang, a renowned anti-pirate general of the previous dynasty, secretly forged seven "Wave-Cleaving Swords" and hid them at seven secluded locations along the East China Sea coast. Each sword concealed military strategies and martial arts powerful enough to overturn the martial world. A hundred years later, one rust-covered broken sword suddenly appeared, sparking a struggle among many factions.
The protagonist, Ye Cansheng, was a mute blacksmith from a small coastal town. After an accident brought him the rusty sword, his family was massacred, forcing him into the conflicts of the martial world. He discovered that his origins were tied to the surviving descendants of Qi Jiguang's army, and that the rusty sword could only be unsealed through the "Blood-Rust Method": with every drop of an enemy's blood it drank, the rust on the blade receded a little, and its power grew another level.
Ye Cansheng used silence to continue the sword's story and blood to wash away its rust. With the help of Ling Wushe, a proud and solitary female escort, and Bo Zhouke, a mysterious sea merchant, he traversed the islands of the East China Sea, battling the imperial secret police, the remnants of the Japanese pirates, and sinister martial factions, gradually uncovering the national vendettas and family feuds behind the "Mystery of the Seven Swords"...
The story is getting more and more exciting