The Dark Road focuses on the desperate transformation of Lin Ye, a waste worker in a shanty town: his mother is suffering from uremia. In order to collect medical expenses, he was beaten by Zhang Scar, a tiger gang, to force him into debt. He even saw his mother in a coma but was unable to save him. From swallowing his anger to resisting with a steel pipe, Lin Ye took refuge in Yilian Chen Liu and entered the underworld. He started out by stalking his younger brother in the casino, and came to power in the Alliance of Justice in the game of blood and profit. However, he was deeply involved in betrayal, siege and struggle with human nature. Is becoming stronger to protect his original intention, or will he eventually become the "ruthless character" he once hated?