Behold a History of Martial Arts

An old blade-wielder farms the land, and can kill.

A brothel teaches the Way, and a sage is born.

After thirty years without practicing martial arts, a new world opens.

After eight generations of decline, the mountain sects finally rise.

Many years later, when martial civilization has blossomed into a world teeming with life and vitality, its roots can still be traced back to a distant afternoon when a gray-haired old man took up his blade and went to kill.

Lyu Qian: Even if a magnificent story is buried by history and ground into tiny grains of dust, it once happened, real and breathtaking.

[Ensemble cast, alternate world, no fixed protagonist]