The Afterlife of the Thirty-One Heroes of Water Margin

The flames of war at Liangshan have died down, and the scattered stars drift west and east. The blood and fire of the Fang La campaign have burned out. Thirty-one heroes survived by sheer luck, some returning to the fields, some vanishing from the world, some entering officialdom, and others setting sail. But the clash of blades is etched into their bones, and the brotherhood of the jianghu has not yet grown cold. Wu Song listens to the tide at Liuhe Temple, only to have an old enemy come looking for him. Li Jun sets sail for Siam, surrounded by barbarians: how will he raise the banner of “righteousness”? Chai Jin returns to his hometown, where a secret letter calling his former followers to reunite arrives in silence. Zhu Tong navigates the world of officialdom, caught between the court's suspicions and pleas for help from the jianghu lurking in the shadows... They thought a peaceful end was the finish line, but it was only the start of another journey. The wounds left by accepting amnesty still bleed, and the aftershocks in the jianghu have never subsided. Thirty-one hearts continue to write a legend for the survivors, caught between peace and upheaval. Will they guard what little peace they have, or stir up the storm once more? See how these heroes, who have seen through the ways of the world, live out the second half of their lives with a deeper understanding of the jianghu than they ever found in the Hall of Gathered Righteousness.