Wielding Confucianism as a Blade

The flames of war ignite the Confucian Way, and a sage's heart can break a thousand-strong army.

Xiao Yi, a lowly soldier born to a poor family, awakens the heart of a Confucian sage. He can behead enemies with the Analects and lay deadly traps with the art of war!

When the Four Books and Five Classics become flashes of blades and swords, a frail scholar strides through blood with a writing brush in hand.

"General He, the thirty-sixth stratagem says that retreat is the best course." He grins as he tears up the enemy's defense plans, and bamboo slips burst with golden light across the sky.

From a mere foot soldier to the bearer of the Tiger Tally, every battle takes a toll on his life.

The fierce daughter of a general, He Yao, levels her spear and sneers. "What are you dozing off for?"

"Open your eyes and recite Sun Tzu's Art of War for me!" Watch as an elegant strategist and a dashing woman general wield words as blades, carving a path to a brighter world through mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

The literary spirit kindles the fires of war; wisdom decides the fate of the world. When the sages' books collide with a battlefield from hell, the Confucian Way can slay dragons too!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.