Stars Ablaze Over the Ashen Sea

He was once the most dazzling general in the Great Zhou Kingdom, Yun Huai, a silver spear in hand and a white horse beneath him, loyal and righteous, guarding the glory of the Yun family and the empire’s frontier. But overnight, a monstrous conspiracy crashed down like a towering wave. Branded with infamy, he watched the Yun family’s century-old legacy reduced to ashes. Then he met Zhou Jingche, the regent and the emperor’s younger brother, his “uncle” in name. They were simply two souls who had broken free of fate’s chains. Hand in hand, they looked into each other’s eyes, turned their backs on the towering palace that had buried so much love and hatred, and set off together toward an unknown horizon.