Two years ago, in the final two minutes of the professional league playoffs, Huangtu’s prodigy swordsman Shen Ye pulled off an impossible comeback with a set of “Five-Form Swordplay” that stunned the entire internet.
He should have become a legend that night, but instead, he was accused of cheating over “abnormal operation data” and banned from the league for two years. His training records mysteriously vanished, his teammates all fell silent, and his former glory turned to infamy overnight.
Two years later, on the seventh anniversary of Dawn Era, Shen Ye’s ban was lifted, but no team dared sign him. Under the unfamiliar ID “Withered Wood Blooms Again,” he returned to a newly opened server.
He claimed first kills, farmed dungeons, seized outdoor bosses, and defended guild strongholds.
From a bunch of unaffiliated internet cafe players mocked by the big guilds to the “Zero Hour Guild,” which drew the attention of the entire server;
From an outdated old sword to a challenger making his way back to the professional arena.
As the powerful teams cut off his resources and old enemies closed in, the truth behind the case that had unfolded on that rainy night years ago gradually came to light
