Once a spirited young man full of passion and justice, Xiao Ming Ming has grown disillusioned with reality and now lives a timid, unremarkable life, finding solace in writing martial arts novels online. When his company develops an immersive AI-based writing system that projects users into their own stories, he inputs a martial arts outline and becomes the protagonist, Xiao Qiu Shui.
Within this virtual world, Xiao Qiu Shui faces betrayal, loss, and endless trials — from the deadly schemes of the Power Sect to the death of his sworn brother Tang Rou and the fall of his family. Through hardship and bloodshed, the once-fearful swordsman grows into a true hero upholding loyalty and righteousness, while Xiao Ming Ming’s fading heartbeat blurs the line between fiction and reality.
(Source: MyDramaList)
~~ Adapted from the novel "Shen Zhou Qi Xia (神州奇侠) by Wen Rui An (温瑞安).




