The Savage Blade in the Snow was a fantasy novel written by the warlords. It was divided into 16 volumes. Among them, the first to fifth volumes were prequels, which told the story of the protagonist Xu Fengnian's growth and the rise of Beiliang; the sixth to eleventh volumes were the main texts, which told the story of Xu Fengnian's struggles with various forces; the twelfth to fifteenth volumes were the later volumes, which told the story of Xu Fengnian's son Xu Weixiong's growth and the rise of the next generation of Beiliang. The main difference between volumes 1-15 and the complete version was the content. 1-5 The prequel mainly talked about the growth of the protagonist Xu Fengnian and the rise of Beiliang, which was the foundation of the whole novel, while the main body of the book, volumes 6-11, talked more deeply about Xu Fengnian's struggles with various forces and the political struggles within Beiliang. Books 12-15 were the later biographies. They described more about the growth of Xu Fengnian's son, Xu Weixiong, and the rise of the next generation in Beiliang. In addition, volumes 1-15 were different from the entire book in terms of character creation, plot setting, worldview, and so on. The content of the book is different from the whole book, but there are similarities in character creation, plot setting, and worldview. It is a classic work of the war.