During the Zhenghe era of the Northern Song Dynasty, undercurrents stir through the Jianghu, while the court is rife with intrigue. Lu Jiuyuan, a border army officer, flees to the Taihang Mountains with his young son, Lu Zhao. Carrying a fragment of a mysterious dragon bone, he is hunted by the Iron Garment Sect and the Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion. Lu Jiuyuan dies protecting his son, and Lu Zhao is saved by a mysterious woman in white. Strange dragon patterns gradually appear on his body.
Ten years later, Lu Zhao lives incognito among the common folk under an assumed name, but an accident draws him into a Jianghu conflict. News of the dragon bone’s appearance spreads like wildfire, setting every faction in motion. Qin Wuyan, young master of the Iron Garment Sect, will stop at nothing to seize it. The Mysterious Mechanism Pavilion has spies throughout the Jianghu and harbors sinister plans. An heir to the South Sea Jade Pivot Island appears in the Central Plains, seemingly hiding something. Meanwhile, forces at court are pulling strings in secret, hoping to use the dragon bone’s power to overturn the world.
As Lu Zhao investigates the mystery of his origins, he gradually uncovers a shocking secret: the fragment of dragon bone is the key to reaching Penglai Immortal Island, and the blood flowing through his veins is that of the legendary True Dragon. At the same time, the mystery of Patriarch Chen Tuan’s disappearance twenty years ago, the truth behind the Divine Empyrean Guard’s destruction, and the tangled grievances between the Northern Song imperial family and the Jianghu sects will all be revealed in the struggle for the dragon bone.
The Jianghu stretches far, filled with flashing blades; the court is treacherous, its currents surging beneath the surface. Can Lu Zhao find a way to survive among the clashing factions? And what earth-shattering conspiracy lies behind the mystery of the dragon bone? A momentous struggle that will determine the fate of all under Heaven now begins...
