Lang Beiwang was forced to join the army, and subsequently rose to prominence within the Liangzhou Army. In merely twenty years, he achieved Third Grade cultivation and repeatedly accomplished miracles, becoming a renowned General of Daning, serving as the Second Grade Capital Commander.
Yet, just when Lang Beiwang was at the peak of his success, during a great battle, due to an unauthorized retreat by his superior, his West Wind Army of seventy thousand men was encircled, with fewer than ten percent surviving the ordeal.
Afterwards, Lang Beiwang was denounced by the court and stripped of his position, and he vanished without a trace. However, when he returned, he had already entered the ranks of the First Grade.
In the year when the 'Nine Sworded Zither Demon' became famous, Lang Beiwang's former superior, along with seven colleagues, all met a grisly end, and his family clan was entirely massacred.
