Hai Guyao

Zhinu, son of Kuai Duo, the chief astrologer of the Great Yong Empire, loses his entire family to a massacre as a child. His hatred for the killers makes him grow up overnight. After ten years in hiding, he returns to the capital under the assumed name Canghai. With his astonishing architectural skill and his talent for reading people and navigating political intrigue, he advances steadily through a court full of treachery. When he finally exposes the conspiracy behind his family’s murder, kills his enemies, and clears his family’s name, he also sees the corruption eating away at the court amid its struggles for power. Then war breaks out on the border, leaving the empire beset by internal and external threats. Canghai lets go of his personal vendetta and puts the people first, using his wits to maneuver among rival factions and help the Great Yong Empire avert a war. From avenger to protector of the realm, he learns through blood and fire that true righteousness lies in securing the nation and bringing peace to its people, not in sinking into the abyss of hatred.