The Year of No Return

[Ensemble cast | Old-school melodrama tropes | Flashbacks]

Above the Sword Sect, tribulation clouds roil, and lightning flickers, gathering without dispersing.

A piece of news that shocks the world spreads far and wide:

The Sword Sect's first female sect leader, Perfected Yu Ling, has failed her tribulation and is about to perish!

In an instant, the winds shift and clouds gather. All sides stir with ambition, and the continent, quiet for a hundred years, is plunged into bloodshed. One by one, long-buried tales of the past rise to the surface.

The subject of all the talk stands alone atop a snowy mountain, turning to look at the person approaching through the swirling snow.

"Welcome home, Senior Brother."

The wind and snow never cease, as she waits for one who will return.

Theme: Become a better version of yourself.