孔 濤羅

"Kong Taoluo died in Macao. It is a demon that draws this blade now. A demon... of vengeance!"

A master swordsman and Neijia practitioner; Kong Taoluo was once the top assassin in the Shanghai-based crime syndicate known as the "Qingyun Society." Renowned in the Chinese underworld as the "Lightning Palm," a moniker attributed to his Neijia based ability to channel internal energy and kill cyber-warriors with a single touch of his palm. He is one of the few unaugmented people left in the underworld; loathed by Waijia practitioners.

Betrayed, cut down and assumed dead by his childhood friend, fellow Society member and former Neijia master, Liu Haojun; Taoluo spends a year in hiding, recovering from his near-fatal injuries. Upon returning to Shanghai, he discovers the horrible truth of what has happened to his sister, Kong Ruili. He swears an oath of vengeance and sets out to murder those responsible, and to recover Ruili's soul fragments.