A steel giant steps onto the northern grasslands of the barbarians, and the gears of fate begin to turn. A new drama unfolds on the stage called the world, bringing fresh wonders.
Liu Yu failed the imperial examinations because he couldn't afford to bribe the examiners. In the snowbound city of Shangyang, he received a visitor, never imagining that a few extra words would change the course of his life.
Runes weave melodies, electricity drives mechs to dance, and nearly immortal enemies command knights clad in steel. Every draw of the blade decides who lives and who dies. Here are love and longing, blood and vengeance, devotion to family and country, schemes and intrigue, evil repaid and goodness rewarded.
Xiao Zhu, Crown Prince of the Great Qian Dynasty, objected to his younger sister's arranged marriage to the heir of Southern Qin. He set out alone for Southern Qin, intending to assassinate its heir. But he boarded the wrong ship and ended up in Shangyang, another city in Southern Qin. And so our story begins.
I didn't have the patience to finish reading it.