War Flames in a Poor Household: From Slave to Marquis of Ten Thousand Cavalry

The slave boy Huo Yun bears the blood feud of his family's massacre, struggling to survive amid poison-tipped arrows and court conspiracies. When a jade pendant stained with blood reveals a secret and a powerful crossbow startles the Northern Di, he joins forces with his sister, Huo Wan, who has been hiding under the guise of her own death. Using beacon fires as pieces on a board and mechanisms as both blade and brush, he uncovers a conspiracy spanning generations in the blood-soaked valleys of Yinshan. From branded fugitive slave to Black-Armor General, his earthshaking rise from humble beginnings erupts amid rusted armor and burning name lists.