Tenderness, Cold Steel, and Love

The Divine Sword Sect was the greatest sect in the martial world. After Sima Zhao had Cao Mao, Emperor of Wei, killed and usurped the throne, the sect came to see the world as vile and withdrew from the martial world, never again involving itself in worldly affairs. Hundreds of years later, the realm was divided, and the various lords and royal clans began to stir. The Divine Sword Sect possessed four treasured swords, the product of a century of painstaking effort. Whoever obtained even one could dominate the martial world. By then, the sect had dwindled to almost nothing. Its elderly leader, Xiaoyaozi, had four disciples, all young, hot-blooded, and ambitious. After killing their master and seizing the swords, they agreed to go their separate ways and never meet again for the rest of their lives.

Decades later, the eldest of the four disciples, Wuguzi, often dreamed in his old age that his master was weeping before him. As he grew older, he came to understand many things and felt deeply ashamed of what he had done. He feared he would have no face to meet his master in the afterlife, so before dying, he ordered his disciple Chen Linjian to descend the mountain, gather the four swords, and rebuild the Divine Sword Sect. Having never ventured into the world before, how will Chen Linjian fare in these turbulent times, and what kind of legend will he create?

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate anything in this story.