Dao Ma walks in the desert of the Western regions. On the way, he took a guarding task with a destination to Chang'an. The task seemed simple at first, but it is a road full of danger. A journey affecting the fate of the world begins..

Escorts are warriors paid to take out the targets wanted by the government. Dao Ma is a traveling warrior trying to repay the debt he owes to a man named Mo, who took care of Dao Ma and his child, Xiao Qi. But on the way back to Mo's town, they encounter a victim of the Rakshasa, man-eating demons. Between the rise of Rakshasa victims, bloodshed, slavery, and ruthless warriors, Dao Ma gets caught up in the terror sweeping through the country during the last years of the Sui dynasty.—Rovy13