The Blood-Inscribed Dragon Emblem

This is a sweeping, traditional wuxia novel. Ouyang Jian, a top assassin known as the "Invisible Blade," is ordered to kill a salt lord in Yangzhou. But he discovers that the surviving Ghost Palace assassins, remnants of the former dynasty whom his father Ouyang Lie and the Dragon Shadow Guards wiped out twenty years ago, have been lying low in Jinling, with the Ouyang family in their sights. Three crises soon converge. At court, Prince Jingbei Xiao Jingyan seizes the chance to force Ouyang Lie to his death, hoping to conceal the truth of the Jiazi Upheaval: Emperor Longqing murdered his younger brother and usurped the throne, colluded with the Ghost Palace to massacre the imperial family, and framed the Liu family for treason. In the martial world, Zhou Wenxuan, young lord of the Ghost Palace, assumes the identity of the "Soul Shepherd" and seeks revenge with the Threefold Ghost Shadow, Ghost Moon Darts, and Netherworld Mystic Art. In the bloodline, the Liu family's surviving orphans, Liu Rumei and Liu Ruling, bear cyan kite-shaped birthmarks on their wrists, leading to an old case involving the Liu family's protection of Prince Rui's blood letter and the true imperial edict of Emperor Taizong. The Coiling Dragon Jade Pendant is the only token that can open the imperial tomb's underground palace and retrieve evidence capable of overturning the realm. Blood-written characters are the story's eye, each drop of blood a narrative cipher. Dragon patterns are its bones, symbolizing legitimacy and the Mandate of Heaven. The token is its pulse, serving as both proof of authority and a call to battle. As revenge unravels layer by layer, it exposes the dark truth behind three decades of royal purges. Ouyang Jian's sword ultimately rises above a family vendetta to become a righteous battle that cuts through the fog and cleanses the world.

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