[No Tired Cliches + No System + Intelligent Cast + No Mindless Characters + Ensemble Cast]
Those who temper their bodies with astral energy possess unmatched physical strength, roaming the eight wildernesses and ruling through sheer force.
Those born commoners live like mules and horses, as lowly as ants, their necks bared for anyone to slaughter.
A strange celestial omen, a forbidden imperial book, and a secret struggle between political rivals
sweep an inexperienced, down-on-his-luck young man into the fray, leaving him on the run from that day on.
The struggle for power: greed, scheming, and slaughter, an ambition so vicious that no record could contain it.
The fight to rule the land: suspicion, political intrigue, and rivalry, an endless, merciless contest for the throne.
The quest to avenge a blood feud: martial training, body tempering, and bloody battles, the awakened instincts of a beast amid love and hate.
The mission to save all people: seeking answers, enduring hardship, and pressing onward, an unyielding will rising from a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.
When you lick blood from the blade's edge, whose blood is it? When you escape certain death, who will fall beneath your sword?
When every scheme has been laid, who will still be standing? When the waves have swept all away, who will meet me at the summit?
