[Plot-driven, with tightly interwoven, brisk storytelling. A fictional history of the apocalypse, with internal strife and external threats, a blood feud between the imperial court and the jianghu, dark secrets and dangers within the martial world, and warring nations in a chaotic age, all gradually unfolding after a sudden upheaval one night.]
The Central Plains have fallen, the land lies in ruins, and foreign peoples invade the heartland one after another, proclaiming themselves emperors and founding new states. The Han court flees south and clings to a small corner of the realm for years. As time passes, treacherous ministers seize power, and corruption spreads throughout the country.
This is a time of mortal peril.
Young people burdened by the massacre of their families, driven by rage, take the path of rebellion. Their long journey begins as they move between the jianghu and the halls of power, ushering in a stirring new chapter in a turbulent age.
Is a true hero one who retires after achieving greatness, or one who takes the world in his grasp?
Would a great man rather remain in the human world, or descend into hell?
Here are military stratagems and political schemes, courage and loyalty, ambition and bloodshed...
Seek treasures, peerless martial arts, reclusive masters, and the customs of distant lands...
Cherish a beloved confidante, probe tangled intrigues, end the conflict between the Hu and the Han, and strive for peace for all...
The chaos of the age sweeps along the young with their burning ambitions, their desires, and their temptations. Amid deception and intrigue, the good and the bad alike are caught up in the tide.
Where will this turbulent age ultimately lead? How can anyone take their fate into their own hands? In the fierce clash between ideals and reality, what force truly rules the rise and fall of the world…
