In the twenty-fourth year of the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song, a massacre that wipes out an entire family in Xiangyang draws the jianghu and the imperial court into a web of hidden currents. Some abandon their conscience and slaughter the innocent for their own selfish desires. Others fight on, one after another, for the sake of justice, willing to face death without regret. The waters of Canglang are clear, so wash your hat tassels in them; if they are muddy, wash your feet. In a corrupt age, how can anyone speak of purity? With a sharp sword in hand, the young Ling Shu sets out on a path of his own.
