This is a classic wuxia novel set on an imagined continent.
The ruler of the northern grasslands dies overnight, and every faction seeks to crown itself king. The central kingdom’s power wanes, revealing countless secrets hidden between the martial world and the imperial court. The one who stirs up the turbulent undercurrents of the martial world’s feuds is an obscure mute assassin. The conflicts between the martial world and the court, justice and evil, loyalty and betrayal, love and friendship all seem tied to a mysterious organization from Hanhai, a kingdom in the Western Regions.
Just when the world desperately needs a hero to restore order, he appears! Yue Manshang, second master of Fenghuaxie, is neither wholly righteous nor wholly wicked, and lives as he pleases. He possesses peerless bearing, martial arts, wisdom, and power, yet seems uninterested in all these conflicts. The only person he cares about is a woman named Lu Yuyi…
