(The story starts slowly, but gets better the more you read.) During the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, Ruo Xuanhe, a low-ranking officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, discovers a strange creature called You Sha. It turns out to be connected to his origins in countless ways. But does Ruo Xuanhe really exist? Mystery, mystery, mystery.
A rusted blade claims a soul; blood markings devour the heart. The martial world is full of strange intrigues, and human hearts are hard to fathom. After a bizarre bloodshed case draws Embroidered Uniform Guard officer Ruo Xuanhe into the thousand-year feud between the Bureau of Anomaly Suppression and the You Sha, blood markings on his left arm reveal the resentment of the dead from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Beneath the rust on his broken blade lies a fate that cannot be severed.
Rain falls over the martial world at night; blades flash and blood spills.
Rust may eat into the bones, but it cannot destroy a hero’s heart.
