From the fifth century, civilwar scars that are constant western China. To escape death, a scout, Ti, jumps through a crevice at the Zu mountains where he meets and becomes the apprentice of Ting Yin, a spiritual man having terrific fighting forces. They run into Hsiao Yu, a monk, also a fighter and a good man, however unfriendly to Ting. Because Ting and Hsiao cannot work together, it falls to Ti to team with Hsiao's acolyte Yi Chen: they have 49 days to visit much to claim two blades which will be the only weapons which may conquer the Blood Demon, who has decided the wreak chaos in the whole world. They get help from Long Brows, Ting falls in love with a countess, and war still rages.