Sword Without a Trace

Introduction to Woniu Sheng’s wuxia novel Sword Without a Trace:

The beautiful twin assassins Yulan challenge the renowned young hero Seven Swords Chasing Souls. Without a flash of blades or a clash of swords, the hero is captured without resistance. An obscure little town suddenly fills with countless figures from the martial world. Both sides of the law, and every school and sect, send their experts to conduct secret deals amid open and covert struggles. On Dongting Lake, a desolate little island suddenly springs to life. Hundreds of small boats fan out and attack the shore, and the people holding it are on the brink of annihilation, only for the boats to retreat for no apparent reason. At the foremost fortress under Heaven, a gathering place for experts, several swordsmen suddenly storm inside, stirring up a tremendous commotion. The fortress lord’s two daughters leave him one after the other, while the twin Yulan sisters, who are already bound to Seven Swords Chasing Souls as his wives, join the fortress instead…