A veteran statesman who had served five dynasties and lived beneath the Son of Heaven's gaze is brought to ruin by the King Wu Cauldron. Cultivators from the warring kingdoms trample his home, while the ruler looks on and does nothing. The Lin family, which had served five dynasties, is destroyed overnight. Young Lin Yu escapes death under his brother's protection and takes refuge with the Liu family, old friends of his house. His brother vanishes while protecting him. Gazing toward home, Lin Yu sees only the ashes of its former glory. His parents and kin have all passed into the underworld. Hiding his tears of blood, he swears a dire oath: in this life, he will sweep away every kingdom on the continent and offer the world as a sacrifice to comfort the spirits of the entire Lin family!
