By chance, He Chengxi stumbles into a bizarre trap, carefully laid out in advance. He tries to escape alive, but finds himself caught fast. With no other choice, he clears a path through mountains and builds bridges across rivers, overcoming one deadly trial after another.
But after escaping with his life, he is corrupted and loses himself, committing one heinous act after another.
In the end, he longs for the light, yet struggles in vain to break free, becoming a man who is neither wholly good nor wholly evil...
