In the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China, the world was dead but chivalry was not lost.
Shen Guhong, the last descendant of the Tingyu Sword Sect, holds a Tingyu Sword that carries a three-hundred-year heritage and walks in an era where swordsmen are no longer needed. Warlords, foreigners, traitors, new parties... All forces covet the secrets in the sword, but he just wants to keep his master's last wish.
From the autumn snow in Beijing to the misty rain in Jiangnan, from the fierce battle in Zuixian Tower to the secret talks in Baiyun Temple, he went all the way north to find the enemy who betrayed his master thirty years ago. On the way, he met a female reporter with a camera, an old acquaintance from an opera singer, an old martial arts friend who worked as a coolie, and an orphan who wanted to learn guns but not swords...
This is a story about farewell.
Say goodbye to the world, say goodbye to chivalry, and say goodbye to an era.
This is also a story about persistence.
Even if swords are no longer needed, swordsmen can still choose how to wield the last sword.
Intent: The decline of martial arts in the Republic of China, the struggle of swordsmen in the age of guns; the conflict between tradition and modernity, the dilemma of old values in the new era; the form of chivalrous spirit will die, but the spirit can be continued in new ways