In a chaotic era rife with bandits, rogue gangster Peng Yinan and his brothers Lei Wu and Ma Ming scrape by as outlaws. A mysterious woman Zhuang Yue hires them with a gold bar to kidnap a bride ...

Xiao Mingming is a martial arts novel enthusiast who, as the novel's protagonist Xiao Qiushui, journeys through a fictional martial arts world and grows from a passionate youth into a noble hero.