Pela primeira vez, alpinistas chineses sobem o Monte Everest pela face norte, conhecido como o lado mais desafiador da montanha. A perigosa jornada os força a tomar decisões de vida ou morte a cada passo.
During the reign of Emperor Jia Jing of the Ming Dynasty, the evil court official Yan Song relies on the emperor favoritism towards him, becoming overbearing and domineering. An honest official Zhang Ying Long impeaches Yan Song with a Ten Cimes Five Deceits against him. But instead he gets flogged 30 times, and banished to a far off frontier Guizhou.