Chaos has gripped the realm for three centuries. The Central Plains echo with revelry while foreign tribes sharpen steel and ready their forces. Sword Immortals traverse the Martial World as generals wage endless campaigns to restore order. Five years before catastrophe strikes, young pharmacist Li Guanyi commits murder under storm-laden skies. He awakens to witness a world consumed by conflict—beneath thundering hooves lie mountains of bleached bones belonging to legendary warriors, enchanting maidens, martial masters, wielders of Divine Weapons, and countless souls. Fields scatter with white bones and yellow sand, relics of ages past. Confucian Scholars crumble under iron hooves; Buddhas fall to sweeping spears. "I, Daoist Li Guanyi, summon oblivion upon this fractured world!"