Azure Phoenix, Burning Blood: The White Lotus Rebellion

“Maitreya has descended! The Pure Land is our home!” The Great Qing's golden age cannot hide the hell on earth. Corrupt officials bleed the people dry, starving peasants resort to cannibalism, and the White Lotus holy flame grows wild in the soil of despair.

She is the “demoness” condemned by imperial decree, yet the “saintess” of the people! Beneath the government blades, she raises her banner: peasant women wield sickles as weapons, and salt smugglers turn their boats into warships! “Overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming” is the rallying cry, but carving out a path to survival is the people's true roar of rage!

From the forests of Hubei to the bloody roads of Sichuan and Hubei, burial shrouds stain half the sky red! The Eight Banners' cavalry? The encirclement of famed generals? Nothing can stop the wildfire. Only when the Jiaqing Emperor smashes his teacup in the Forbidden City does he realize: this “evil lotus” really means to devour the dragon!

See how the “demoness,” with her mortal body as a candle, lights the fuse that will bring down a dynasty!