When He Zhi wakes, his mind is a blank. On his search for his memories, he encounters a blind fortune-teller, a possessed Vermilion Bird, and a mountain lord who is half human and half demon... What do they have to do with the memories he lost? And who is the man who keeps insisting he is He Zhi’s betrothed?
He seems to be close to the truth, yet that truth remains elusive. What is justice? What is responsibility? What does it mean to be alive?
The betrayer lost on the path, the sword-bearer in the abyss, the martyr struggling along the road. The so-called Mandate of Heaven means only this: those who follow Heaven prosper, and those who defy it perish.
It's so profound, I probably need to read it again.