Before the Sea Was Crossed, Love Had Already Turned Cold

Zhang Mengnan, a university student with multiple identities, is a legendary woman. Her extraordinary physical abilities and intellect led the underground national organization Qingmu Society to select her as a child and send her to train with the Ironblood Corps. She emerges as the next successor to Qingmu Society, known to all as “Queen,” with a reputation for being cold-blooded, decisive, and ruthless. Lu Yuqi, who was also trained by the Corps, turns out to be the only son of a gang leader from an organization the government eradicated twenty years ago. The two fall in love amid the Corps' brutal training, but become enemies when Lu Yuqi learns the truth about his origins.

Bai Kesen is Zhang Mengnan's university classmate and loves her wholeheartedly. But because of their circumstances, and because Zhang Mengnan is devastated by Lu Yuqi's departure, Bai Kesen's love remains unrequited. That is, until Xiao Zikai, a soldier who has long been stationed in Thailand, appears and changes everything.

After leaving Qingmu Society and betraying his country, Lu Yuqi lets go of love, driven by hatred, and wages a battle of black against white with Zhang Mengnan. Meanwhile, another major domestic organization, Saster, suddenly becomes active again after several years of silence, sowing chaos in people's peaceful lives. Zhang Mengnan leads Qingmu Society in a series of battles against Saster...