A modern man transmigrates to the Beili Dynasty, becoming Xiao Luo, the Eighth Prince, whose mother died when he was young and who is despised by the royal family. A Song dynasty poem enrages the emperor, earning him a lifetime ban on martial arts and exile from the imperial city. Fortunately, the Confucian sword immortal Xie Xuan takes him in as a disciple. In a small courtyard among pear blossoms, he studies Confucianism and seeks the Dao, nurturing his sword with brush and ink as he defies the fate of a life spent enduring in silence.
