No Phoenix in the Four Seas

Everyone is plotting, and everything is shrouded in mystery. I never knew pain could become so unbearable that you couldn't breathe.

The Heavenly Dao at play, the palace's hidden secrets... What is the truth? What is it…

Who am I, really?

Am I the wastrel who eloped with a noblewoman because of the sordid affairs in his family?

Am I the scholar who laid down his pen and took up arms when an enemy nation invaded?

Or... am I a blade in your hands, a piece on your chessboard?

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