The story follows three male protagonists:
He commands an army of a hundred thousand and is ordered to lead a western campaign. To fulfill the emperor’s decree, he massacres cities and villages, piling corpses into towering mounds and stopping at nothing. After robbing a royal tomb that has lain buried for a thousand years, his ambition becomes all the harder to restrain. When he raises the banner of rebellion and marches on the capital, everyone in the land looks upon him with hatred. Yet he remains set on his course, determined to prove that even a butcher can accomplish earth-shattering deeds. His name is Lei Wanjun;
He was once a leading figure in the righteous Daoist sects. At the final moment of the war between gods and demons, one thoughtless choice of his turned the tide in favor of the demonic path, unleashing a catastrophe. Ever since, he has sought to atone for his sin. Even if he must abandon his fiancée, even if he must watch his humanity slowly fade away, he will fulfill his master’s dying wish. His name is Li Jicang;
His destiny from birth was to die alongside the peerless Demon Dragon. As his magic grows stronger, his death draws ever closer. Many mourn his fate, yet there is nothing they can do. If the peerless Demon Dragon is not destroyed, this bright and peaceful world will eventually become an endless hell. His name is Zhang Yanling;
And then there are the emperor seeking eternal life, the Gray Wolf striving to reunite the lands north of the desert, and the undying witch who built a mysterious royal tomb. Together, they shape the strange and wondrous world of The Dragon-Hunting Blade and tell one bleak tale after another
