There is a turbulent undercurrent in the Dajing Dynasty. The powerful Taifu Shen Qingxuan sets up a rainy night chess game to overturn the family's case, attracting the top killer Xiao Che into the game. One with unparalleled wisdom stirred up the storm in the court; the other with sword defeated thousands of armies and traversed the thorns in the rivers and lakes. From using each other to relying on each other in life and death, they together treacherously betrayed the imperial master, and fought against the chaos in the north. In the whirlpool of intrigues and grievances in the world, they wrote a legend of a bond that redeemed each other and defended the country side by side.
