(Reality, historical era, social feuds, life at the bottom)
For thirty years, the winds of Daowai, Harbin, have carried the bloodshed of the underworld. The sand along the Songhua River buries half a lifetime of one man's sins.
Chen Mo. A firsthand witness to the 1983 crackdown, he was an underworld kingpin operating in the shadowy worlds of smuggling and the black market in cultural relics. He once fought to survive and shed blood for profit, but a scheme in Ruili brought him crashing down and landed him in prison.
Ten years in a living hell tempered his viciousness; a lifetime of ups and downs showed him the right path. After his release, he opens a martial arts school and holds fast to his original ideals. He uses his scarred body to warn wayward youths and seeks his victims' forgiveness through sincere repentance.
This is the story of a man who rose from a life in the gutter to become a figure in the underworld, a history of the underworld as lived by an ordinary man, and a spiritual redemption spanning half a lifetime.
