Taifu Jiang Xueya was executed by the Ten Clan because he refused to prepare an imperial edict for the new king Zhu Yi who had usurped the throne. After seven days of massacre at the execution ground, 873 relatives were stained with blood in Jinling. In the dark night, disciple Wei Ze risked his life to rescue the Jiang family's infant son Jiang Yi, hid in a dung truck and fled to the mountains of Huizhou, using the pseudonym He Yan.
Eighteen years later, He Yan learned from the hermits about political strategy and martial arts, and became an official as a student from a poor family. He stalks the court like a lone wolf, holding a pen in his left hand to determine the outcome, and holding a blade in his right hand to kill Chou Yu: first, he kills Ji Leixiao, the prison officer at that time, and then destroys Zhu Xu's close associates; he takes advantage of the prince to seize the heir, and fills the enemies one by one into the maelstrom of power...
When he wielded all the power in the world as a pavilion elder and rehabilitated his father with his own hands, the new emperor on the dragon throne handed over a blood-stained old edict: "Jiang Yi, do you know why the late emperor spared your life?" Under the jade seal, there was the truth he had been searching for for many years - there was a shocking secret that shook the country...
Purpose: To sharpen a sword for forty years to vindicate his father and avenge his relatives.