Under a sky choked with storm clouds, the Jiangnan Seven stumble upon the Black-Wind Couple perfecting their grisly Nine-Yin Skeleton-Claw. The copper-skinned “Corpse” and his iron-hearted wife descend like demons, claws flashing through the driving rain. On the barren slope blades ring, bones splinter, and white skulls pile high. Amid the chaos a bewildered child, Guo Jing, strikes the fatal blow that turns the tide, while stalwart Zhang Asheng lays down his life to shield “Seventh Sister” Han Xiaoying. When dawn breaks over the blood-soaked dunes, a new grave marks the cost of chivalry, and an eighteen-year pact between masters and disciple is sealed with tears and steel.