Fifteen years ago, Yunlan Manor was consumed by a towering inferno, and every member of Ningyue Pavilion was slaughtered. Two upright sects were wiped out in a single night. Half a broken jade pendant and a lone orphan were all that remained, as a blood-soaked injustice was buried beneath the dust of the martial world.
Fifteen years later, five young martial artists set out into the world. A series of poisonings in Qinghe Town lifts the corner of a hidden conspiracy: a small sect is framed, black-clad assassins silence witnesses and cover their tracks, and dark currents swirl around the Longevity Pavilion. Every clue ultimately points to a supposedly deceased imperial prince...
The gentle but resolute Su Nuoxi takes up her sword to hunt down the killer, and she and Luo Xingheng, the young master of the Qianji Pavilion, go from bickering rivals to sworn allies in life and death. The aloof sword immortal Yun Shuhan bears the fate of a doomed sect, the smiling young Shen Jin conceals a blood feud, and Wen Banxia, a master of both medicine and poison, uses medicine as a blade to save others and herself.
The illegitimate daughter of the Martial Alliance rises and falls with her ambitions, the Second Prince wields power behind a facade of piety, and the Daoist sect's true-born daughter descends the mountain to dispel illusions. From mysteries in the martial world to plots against the court, from bonds with their sects to salvation against fate, watch them overturn a fifteen-year game with their own blood and flesh, all to clear the innocent's name and bring peace to the land.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
