A groundskeeper whose cultivation was crippled by his sect fights his way through the criminal underworld of Linjiang, armed with nothing but a pair of hands marked by old wounds. Then he returns to the mountain sect to settle three years of old scores. China's sects are hidden among its famous mountains and rivers, but they also maintain businesses and agents in the cities. Overseas, the forces are divided between the Holy See of Light and the Dark Council, while vampires, werewolves, and superpowered individuals each go their own way.
