Snow blanketed the town as young Dongfang Shengge returned from the bookshop, only to find corpses scattered throughout the village. Amid the stench of blood, he brushed past a mysterious figure wearing a bronze mask. Blood from the figure's sleeve dripped into the melting snow at his feet. Members of a nearby sect took him back with them, and so began his extraordinary path of cultivation. There, he met four close friends who stood by him through countless hardships. But the world is ever-changing, and even old friends can one day go their separate ways. Years later, when he looked back, all he saw was the passage of time and a world transformed beyond recognition.
