Road After Road, Falling

In the troubled times of the Republic of China, warlords were separatist. Li Shabai and his lover Yun Shang met to elope that night, but Yun Shang was kidnapped and sacrificed by a mysterious black-robed Taoist. Three months later, he dug up the bronze reverse-scaled hairpin she wore around her neck in a barren grave. The hairpin was engraved with forbidden runes. In order to take revenge, Li Shabai went to the mysterious "Nisheng Sect", only to find that his master was from the same lineage as the black-robed Taoist back then—— "Those who practice this method need to cut off their love." The master put the dagger against his heart, "But if you really cut off your love, how can you avenge her?"