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After Wudang’s humiliating defeat in the war against Cheonma, the once-great sect stands as a shadow of its former self. Among its struggling disciples is Jiang Chen, a so-called third-rate martial artist abandoned by his master and mocked by his peers. Weighed down by failure and self-doubt, he resigns himself to mediocrity—until a fateful duel leaves him broken in both body and spirit.

Seeking solitude beneath an ancient ginkgo tree, Jiang Chen stumbles upon a mysterious letter bearing the handwriting of his vanished master. Within it lies a challenge: prove himself worthy, or walk away forever. As he grasps the remnants of a long-lost blade, an ancient power awakens, and with it, a voice that shakes the heavens—"So the time has finally come."

With his master’s past shrouded in mystery and a sect on the brink of collapse, Jiang Chen must uncover the truth, defy his limits, and wield a broken sword to carve his own destiny. But in a world where strength dictates fate, can an abandoned disciple rise against the tides of fate?

A tale of martial arts, redemption, the unyielding flow of destiny and all with a game based system begins.