In this third installment in the best-selling series, a young man has figuratively died and been reborn with the name Myamoto Musashi. He sets out on a journey seeking spiritual enlightenment by way of the sword. In Kyoto, the fighters of the famous school of the Yoshioka Dojo test his newfound strength. Is Musashi, armed only with his wooden practice sword, prepared to take on the master swordsmen?