The nine meridians are bestowed from birth, and the young are full of pride. Yet the flash of a flower soon fades, and frost and snow settle on the brows. One learns the warmth and coldness of human nature, defiant and unwilling to bow to fate. A stray dog falls in a foreign land and becomes a guest among strangers; returning home, he offers a sacrifice to Heaven to avenge his foes. Blade rises and falls, severing old ties and settling old scores, with one heart set on reaching the realm of the True God.