Eastern Sichuan during the Republic of China: blood debts run deep, and a promise of protection weighs a thousand pounds!
The ancient Kingdom of Baling, a thousand years old, fell overnight. The mystery of its destruction lies buried underground, transformed into terrifying crystal cores that devour all life. The only hope of suppressing the disaster lies in a broken Soul-Suppressing Saber and half a bloodstained copy of the Secret Records of Bashan. Yet these treasures have drawn predators from every direction.
Chen Zhongyi, a tomb keeper in Black Mountain Valley, has guarded a shocking secret for generations. When Japanese spies, underworld kingpins, and soldiers and bandits from the security corps swarm in, and a traitor among the Seven Elders of Bashan tears up the secret records and awakens evil creatures beneath the earth, the tranquil valley becomes a slaughterhouse. Armed with a broken saber hilt and burdened with the duty of guarding the tomb, he struggles to survive amid rampant corpse monsters and poisonous insects.
Lin Xiaoman, a descendant of the sacred maiden of Miaojiang, bears the “Holy Blood,” both a key and a poison. The mysterious Camel Master carries the weight of a lifetime, a protector and a man seeking redemption. Sun Sihai, a rough-and-ready figure from the underworld’s Caobang gang, will risk everything for honor. Gu Liren, whose origins are shrouded in mystery, follows in his father’s footsteps. As all these forces collide at the heart of the storm, love and hatred, loyalty and betrayal intertwine, all pointing toward the blood debt of a fallen kingdom, long buried beneath the dust!
Why was the saber broken? What deceit and truth does the secret record contain? Is the treasure sealed away by refining the souls of the living a blessing or a disaster? Why did the Seven Elders of Bashan split into righteous and evil factions? And what fate does the Chen clan bear?
Venture into the Blackwater Poison Marsh, brave the Fire Dragon Cavern, and fight to the death in the Blood Pool of Resentment. Watch as Chen Zhongyi uses the broken saber to uncover a thousand-year-old grievance and debt.
This is no tomb-raiding treasure hunt. It is a battle of terror in which people risk their lives to defend their homeland and repay blood debts with their own blood! Guard the tomb, the mountain, the land, and your heart! The broken saber unveils the darkest, most thrilling secrets of the martial world in eastern Sichuan during the Republic of China.
It's beautiful. It looks like fantasy, but it's not fantasy. Most people can't imagine it.