The Azure Blade Rises in Chaoge

In the final years of the Yin-Shang dynasty, demons run rampant and court factions scheme against one another. This is not the story of an elderly Jiang Shang fishing by the Wei River, but the blazing legend of **Jiang Ziya, a twenty-seven-year-old man**! Born in Yong County in the northern frontier, he witnesses a Rong raid as a boy, leaving the snowy plains stained with blood. After studying the Dao under a master on Kunlun for three years, he enters the world carrying a short sword for vanquishing evil. In Chaoge, he practices medicine to help the people and opens the Hall of Benevolent Aid, saving countless lives. With an eye for evil and the divinations of the Eight Trigrams, he solves the common people's troubles. The cooking smoke from his junior fellow disciple Chen Ji's noodle shop, the dashing figure of his junior sister Lin Rongrong, the princess Wei Wenwen's quiet admiration, and the tender companionship of his wife Yu Qinqing... together they paint a picture of the warmth of Jiang Ziya's youth. But fate takes a sudden turn! His wife Yu Qinqing suffers a miscarriage, leaving her devastated in body and mind and hovering near death. At the same time, the Demon Court's scheme resurfaces, the Cold Pool of the Nine Hells traps souls, and the bones of an ancient demon dragon awaken! Trapped in a desperate situation, Jiang Ziya emerges amid thunder, executes traitors, battles the demon dragon, rescues his fellow disciples, and saves Chaoge from the brink of ruin! He becomes Chaoge's true guardian, a pillar of stability feared by the demons and the political powers of the three realms. Beneath his achievements lies a crushing guilt toward his wife. A healer's compassion can save the world, yet it cannot mend the broken lamp of a loved one's heart. At thirty-two, he bids farewell in late autumn, entrusts his duty of protection to an old friend, and sets out alone for Kunlun. Before the Jade-Clear Pool of Reflection, he sees the love and hatred, joys and sorrows, partings and deaths of half a lifetime. Facing his deepest pain and forging it into acceptance, he tempers a heart of profound compassion for all things amid the mortal world's fires of tribulation and Kunlun's snows. Forty years pass in the blink of an eye, and at seventy-two he descends the mountain. His hair and beard are as white as snow, and his robes are plain and ancient. The Investiture of the Gods in his hand glows with hidden radiance, while purple energy coils around the God-Beating Whip on his back. The Flying Bear Dao is complete, and he has attained the Great Luo Fruit! The curtain has risen on the apocalyptic calamity of the Investiture of the Gods,