In the twelfth year of the Republic of China, on the eve of the Zhili-Fengtian War, Zhou Zhenyue, a former bodyguard, lived in Yaogouzi Town, Xinglong County, Zhili, and was involved in a mining disaster that spanned twenty years. The father of former Qing Supervisor Liu Qinghe discovered a strategic tungsten sand vein, but was silenced by Yuan Shikai's gang. Forty-seven miners were sealed as "ghost traps" underground. Zhou Zhenyue established Wan with the Xingyi Sect's "Half-step Bengquan", and took Xiao Dunzi, an orphaned mining boy, as his disciple. He formed a master-student relationship with Liu Qinghe, a female doctor studying in Japan, and the mysterious killer "Ghost Shadow" Liu Qingyang, and together they explored the truth about "Dragon Vein Gold".
The "Five Elements Boxing Formation" underground connects the two realms of life and death, and the energy of the mother mineral is transformed into "Tingjin" into psychic power. Zhou Zhenyue sacrificed his life to protect the rules of the world in absolute darkness: "Let the living live like human beings, and let the dead exist freely or rest in peace." From mines to oceans, from individual revenge to civilization inheritance, hard-core martial arts fight against modern war machines, and ancient wisdom responds to the violence of the industrial age.
Zheng Zheng's "martial arts" realistic style, slow-paced presentation of Xingyi boxing and underground survival, sublimates personal martial prowess into collective eternity. Twenty chapters and one hundred thousand words constitute the epic leap of martial arts in the Republic of China, confirming that "rules" serve as the spiritual totem of the genes of Chinese civilization - an ordinary link that, together with all ordinary links, protects the freedom and dignity of life.
