Ashes of Sin, Eternal Sorrow

When the sins have burned away, can innocent souls be reborn?

In the spring of the third year of Tianzhen, the emperor ascended the platform to appoint a general and lead a northern campaign against the Rong and Di tribes.

In the autumn of the third year of Tianzhen, a great drought struck the capital region.

In the spring of the fourth year of Tianzhen, a great plague swept through Yingshan.

Outside the imperial city gates in the capital region, Bai Lang watched a little beggar kneeling on the ground, fighting with a dog over a steamed bun. His gaze was cold, his smile amused.

Just then, Gu Li, covered in wounds and fresh from the Yingshan battlefield, dragged his exhausted body toward the city gates, one step at a time.

In this world, human-made calamities are more frightening than natural disasters, and more terrifying than human-made calamities are the coldness and ignorance of human nature. Yet even more ironic than that coldness and ignorance is not knowing right from wrong.

Do you think the differences between people are only differences in status, wealth, knowledge, strength, circumstances, and position?

No. The class divide between people is actually the difference between two species, the difference between humans and livestock, between humans and ants...

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