One Sword Falls Across the Starry River

Twenty years ago, Qi and Chu went to war. Chu was defeated and nearly wiped off the map. Gu Yibai, the white-robed Sword God, went alone with his sword, crossed a thousand miles of smoke and flames, and stormed into the Qi royal court. He slaughtered the imperial guards, slew the Divine Dragon, and pointed his sword at the Qi king's throat. With no other choice, the Qi emperor traded a twenty-year peace treaty for his life. To stop the two nations from fighting, the white-robed Sword God took the tokens of imperial authority from both sides: the Seal of Mountains and Rivers and the Map of the Realm. He promised to return them twenty years later.

Twenty years later, Gu Yibai lives in seclusion. Shen Luo, heir to the Sword God's legacy, descends from the mountain at his master's behest, carrying the two tokens. A conflict put on hold for twenty years flares up once more. The truth behind a long-buried past is revealed, and another elaborate conspiracy begins to unfold...