Pang Qingyun joins hands with two bandits, Zhao Erhu and Jiang Wuyang, to end a war and restore peace to the land. But to do so, he must first rise to power. Corrupted by his hunger for power, he stops at nothing to eliminate his enemies and achieve his goal. At the moment of glory, as he is just a step away from the seat of power, his past betrayals and the murder of his sworn blood brother catch up with him.
