The country is thrown into chaos after the Emperor's Jade Sword, a symbol of his divine right to rule, is stolen by a powerful swordsman. An imperial army ravages the land in search of it, left only a few clues of its whereabouts. Martial arts sects look on in horror as their innocent brothers are cut down.

Lakhuto, a gifted swordsman from the Mount Kunlun Sect, is forced into the conflict when his sect is attacked. Having little knowledge of the secular world, he must learn how to blend in as he makes his away across China undetected. His plans to warn other sects of the approaching danger are thrown into chaos when he runs into a wounded criminal and an enigmatic martial artist, who reveals to him a conspiracy spanning half a century.

Surrounded by an army, with danger hidden in every shadow, he must discover who stole the Jade Sword and framed several sects, before the entire country is set ablaze.