The Yunjhou Continent is poor in spiritual energy. If mortals encounter the right opportunity, they can set foot on the nine ranks of immortal cultivation. Those who reach the first rank, the Formless Realm, are as rare as stars.
The Dacheng Dynasty has ruled the Central Plains for a hundred years, but the iron cavalry of the Great Qin Dynasty in the north covets its lands. Undercurrents surge between the two great dynasties, while turmoil stirs throughout the martial world.
Xie Xun, the treasured young heir of the Xie family of Jiangnan Circuit, has a cool, handsome face and an elegant, carefree air. Yet he possesses a brilliant mind capable of stirring up the world. Zhuang Dafei, the bright moon of the century-old Zhuang clan, hides a sharp edge beneath her frosty blade. Her spirited, heroic presence silences all around her before she even draws her sword. Since childhood, the two have bickered and disliked each other. He thinks her frivolous and flirtatious; she can't stand that he disguises himself as a woman.
A journey through the martial world, and one brush with death after another.
He teases her, "Miss Shuangjiang, your sword isn't even out of its sheath, yet you've managed to freeze yourself to death first?"
She sneers, "Young Master Jingzhe, can those beauty marks beneath your eyes captivate the fate of your nation?"
Matched minds, blades clashing against frosty steel.
From mutual dislike to standing hand in hand, from Jiangnan's misty rain to the flames of war on the northern frontier. There are misunderstandings, and there are partings.
But when Great Qin's cavalry presses against their borders, they finally understand: however great a cultivator's power, it cannot stand against a million troops.
Yet if their homeland is about to fall, someone will always be willing to wield their mortal body as a blade and cut through this chaotic age of Jingzhe.
"I, Xie Jingzhe, hate three things most in this life: spring thunder, Shuangjiang, and you always stealing the last pine nut candy from me."
"What a coincidence. I, Zhuang Shuangjiang, dislike Jingzhe, Jingzhe, and the Jingzhe surnamed Xie."
(Fast-paced / Two powerful leads who constantly bicker / Political intrigue and matters of state / Low-magic xianxia)
