Fishing in the Cold River for Lone Snow

Blood-red sunset over Zhongnan Mountain. At age seven, Lin Zhao Ye curls up on a cliff and watches Qinglian Sect be massacred by the Iron Armor Sect. His parents are dead, and only he survives. Before dying, his father uses blood as ink to carve the meridians of the sect's ultimate skill, "Hand of Fishing Snow on the Cold River," into his palm.

Ten years later, Lin Zhao Ye lives under an assumed name in Zuixian Tower south of Lin'an City, working as a waiter while secretly investigating the truth behind the destruction of his clan.

One day, while delivering fish porridge, he uses fish bones to strike acupoints and kill an Iron Armor Sect scout, shocking the martial world. A mysterious beggar, "Master Tongueless," appears to guide him. A mute girl, A Ruo, suddenly appears and then disappears, leaving behind the mystery of a broken hairpin. The chief escort of Zhenyuan Escort Agency, Lei Wanjun, displays the Longyuan Sword engraved with Qinglian cipher text, and Lin Zhao Ye sneaks in to discover that the escort boxes actually contain the corpses of masters from various sects...

At the same time, the miracle doctor and poison master Su Banxia, the Beggars' Sect elder Tongueless, the escort chief Lei Wanjun, and the Iron Armor Sect leader Leng Qianjue all appear in turn. Good and evil are tangled together, and conspiracies keep emerging. In the course of his investigation, Lin Zhao Ye gradually uncovers the mysteries of the "Bone-Eroding Gu," the "Nine-Revolution Soul-Reviving Formation," and the "Soul-Seizing Bell," and also discovers that he himself has been poisoned, while there is still a traitor within the sect who has not died.

A lone shadow on a cold river, walking alone through snowy nights. Using the Hand of Fishing Snow as his foundation, Lin Zhao Ye blends the strengths of various schools, breaks plots, slays strong enemies, and sets foot on the road of revenge amid blood and storm...