Luo Chenzhou, a miscellaneous servant guarding the monuments of the Qingyue Sword Sect, accidentally discovers practical sword scars left by an ancient battlefield inside an abandoned broken monument on the back mountain. Unsupersitious about rigid sets of sword formulas, he uses the scars as clues to hone short-range explosive force and enemy-reading methods through repeated practical setbacks. He must both defeat various genius disciples on the arena and face the scrutiny of the sect's system, ultimately breaking free from the shackles of moves to comprehend the true essence of the sword Dao that sees through the essence of force generation.