The Legend of Marquis Qingshui

When his blade is drawn, he is a demon; when it is sheathed, he is a Buddha. This is the legendary rise to nobility of a man from the lowest rungs of society. His journey is marked by hardship and injustice, failure, life and death, and enduring pain no ordinary person could bear. He takes every step steadily, living a truly remarkable life. In the early years, he joins the army to honor his mother. In the middle years, after losing his beloved and the child he never got to meet, he becomes a wanderer. Later come brotherhood and the fight to help the crown prince conquer the realm. He forms the Six Sons Battalion. He destroys a nation to avenge Wei Jianye. He slaughters the prefect's entire family for his own sake. For the greater good, he beheads his own nephew. Yet his mother throws herself to her death before his eyes. In the end, he dies on the battlefield.