The Beggar's Retainer: One Sword to Slay the Leaders of Eight Sects

The beggar Shen Guhong is dragged before eight sects and forced onto the arena. With a single stroke, he beheads all eight sect leaders, staining the bluestone with blood. Once cast aside like dirt, he turns out to possess the long-lost Nine Tribulations Sword Art. Bai Zhaoxue is ordered to escort him, but recognizes the mark of her father’s lost sword in the flash of his blade. The blind musician Liu Wuyin’s melodies, the scavenger child A Tu’s shattered jade, the judge Lu Hanchuan’s false virtue... layer upon layer of mysteries begin to surface. He is no madman, but a seed of vengeance buried for ten years. When the Sword Tomb appears, who is the true master-killer?