Three years ago, the Cold-Bone Young Master, Xiao Wujiu, lost his family overnight. His entire household was slaughtered, and the long stone steps ran red with blood.
He was lucky enough to survive, but his meridians were crippled and he was cast into a freezing pool. Everyone believed he had long since become food for the fish.
Three years later, the land is in turmoil, warlords carve up the realm, and the imperial court is a chessboard.
A man wearing a bronze demon mask returns through the snow. He commands the Hidden Prison, with countless death-sworn followers at his side. Wherever he goes, his enemies are reduced to bones.
The once-gentle Cold-Bone Young Master has become the fearsome Yama of Calamity, terrifying the realm's powerful with nothing more than his name.
As the truth behind the massacre is revealed layer by layer, it exposes more than old grudges in the martial world. It also uncovers imperial conspiracies, aristocratic schemes, and old military cases.
Standing atop a mountain of corpses, Xiao Wujiu watches coldly as his old enemies kneel and beg for mercy.
"I lay low for three years, not to stay alive."
"I did it so you'd know: Yama has returned, and old debts must be repaid."
