Is the Rover a womanizer? Is Calcharo a marshal? The heroine is Changli, and Baizhi is the Rover’s one true love. She dies in battle during the turmoil in Jinzhou, making the Rover understand the pain of loss and gradually grow stronger. With Changli’s help and companionship, the Rover eventually becomes a great warlord...
“I meant to be a ruler who would restore the empire, but instead I became the emperor of a fallen dynasty!”
“I beg Your Majesty to meet your end!”
“If I die, I will have no face to meet my ancestors in the afterlife. I shall remove my crown and cover my face with my hair. Let the rebels dismember my body, but harm not a single citizen.”
“We respectfully send the Great Ming Emperor on his way!”
On the day the capital, Chang'an, fell, Emperor Piao, the Rover, led eight hundred imperial guards in a desperate last stand against the Fractsidus and the Exiles. He fought to the bitter end, then hanged himself from a crooked tree at Xiangji Temple.
A-Piao was the son of Emperor Rover, ruler of the imperial court, but he was separated from his family and grew up among the common people during the chaos of war. The recluse Master Xuanmiao took him in, and he grew up alongside his junior martial sister, Changli. Though gentle and easygoing on the outside, he longed for a peaceful life at heart. His master taught him martial arts and scholarship from a young age, and he was somewhat indifferent to worldly affairs. At first, he wanted no part in the conflicts of the martial world or the imperial court.
As the potential heir to the Great Ming regime, he bears the royal token, the Thousand-Year Flow Signal Blade. When his identity is exposed, he is forced into the maelstrom of the struggle for the realm. Kind and empathetic, he is torn by the suffering of ordinary people. He resists the struggle for power, yet cannot stand by as the world falls into chaos. As rival factions covet him and push events forward, A-Piao, who once seemed to want nothing more than a carefree life, gradually realizes the responsibility he carries. Through uncertainty and resolve, he takes one step after another toward the heart of destiny.