The Nine Provinces are a land of shifting powers and hidden dangers, where six peoples stand side by side. A thousand years ago, the Chao Dynasty divided the Nine Provinces into territories, using the Inland Sea as a boundary in hopes of securing peace for all eternity. But the undercurrents never died down. The old clans are rising again, and an age of chaos is about to begin.
He is an orphan from a farming family in Yunzhou, driven into exile and humble as dust, yet carrying a spark of hope in his heart. When he is six, the merfolk trample his childhood beneath their iron hooves, igniting his defiance against fate. Ji Chen journeys from the wilderness to the imperial palace, from slave to demigod, carrying the ambitions of the Nine Provinces as he steps into a torrent of destiny woven from power struggles and war.
She is the daughter of a distinguished family in Zhongzhou, exceptionally gifted and shrewd. She creates “Lingshu,” a web of intelligence, and manipulates the court from the shadows. Lin Ruoxi meets him on the night of the lantern festival. As they stand together through years of war, a romance destined to be recorded in the history books quietly begins to blossom.
The secret arts of the Feather Palace, the schemes of the demons of the Enchanted Abyss, the tidal waves of the Flowing Snail Sea, and the great battle at Bone Peak: the Nine Provinces are swept up in turmoil, and heroes rise and fall. Between love and blood, loyalty and betrayal, life and death, Ji Chen and Lin Ruoxi step ever closer to the heart of the chaos consuming the Nine Provinces. The heavens may change and the stars may fall, but they swear to protect the peace of the people with every drop of their blood.
The Transformation of Xi Chen: a fated legend spanning the Nine Provinces, a fantastical love song woven from souls and bloodlines, telling how a young man and woman find each other and stand together amid chaos, defying fate and changing the heavens.
