From the blood-stained boy at the top of Juyan City to the new king in his twilight years by the Yibo Sea, Huo Yan's life is a legend in which idealism is constantly tempered, twisted, and finally sublimated in blood and fire, betrayal and sacrifice.
In the second year of Xiping, the 18-year-old Huo Yan witnessed his father's heroic death in battle to protect the soldiers and civilians at the top of Juyan City, and was forced to shoulder the critical task of "heavy guarding." The whirlpool of Luoyang drew him into the deepest darkness of power and conspiracy. He witnessed the faintness of the Ling Emperor and the brutal imprisonment of the party. Amidst the strife between eunuchs and powerful ministers, he swore a blood oath to "never rebel against the Han" just to escape from the prison and return to the war-torn border.
In order to protect thousands of living beings behind him from being slaughtered, he had to risk his life's faith on a snowy night in Shuofang and assassinate the Khan with the "dark blade in the shadow"! His achievements were unparalleled in the world. However, his achievements were a reminder of his life and earned him the cold suspicion of the court.
Faced with a desperate situation, Huo Yan made the most heart-wrenching decision: to cut off his wrist to survive and move his family westward! He dismissed his tribe, bid farewell to his loving mother in his hometown, and led a group of scarred but unfailing followers on a desperate journey of thousands of miles. Traveling through the land of Qiang chaos, fighting bloody battles at the Tianshan Pass, and carving a way out of the blood sea of corpse mountains.
In a strange land by the Yibo Sea, facing the covetousness of the Kangju nobles, Huo Yan announced the rebirth of the "Huo Family Army" with a shocking victory by the Suiye River. He is no longer a border officer of the Han Dynasty, but the guardian and founder of this new homeland. With the Han system as the backbone and the Hu wind as the wings, they built Suiye New City, promoted Silk Road trade, and set up academies and hospitals. In a foreign land far away from their homeland, they struggled to preserve the fire of Chinese civilization and reconcile the conflicting bloodlines of Han and Hu.
