She was once He Yan, the fallen “Flying Swan General.” A woman who earned a fearsome reputation on the battlefield through her own blood and flesh, only to have her closest kin steal her name, gouge out her eyes, and poison her on the day of her triumph. When she opened her eyes again, she had become another He Yan, a frail and pitiful discarded daughter forced to marry Xiao Jue, a blind and powerful minister.
In this life, He Yan takes up her blade and steps into the blood-soaked fray once more. She will reclaim her stolen name, clear her grievous injustice, and make her enemies pay in blood! With weapons as her brush and blood as her ink, she swears to write the name of a great general anew!
Yet as she advances step by step toward the heart of the truth, she discovers that behind the shadow of death winding through both her past and present, a pair of compassionate, gentle eyes has always watched over everything. She is Yan Yueling, the “Living Bodhisattva” in the eyes of the world: merciful, devoted to helping others, a healer with a saintly heart, and as bright and pure as the moon. She gave He Yan medicine when she was ill; she restored Xiao Jue's sight with her miraculous skills; she sheltered orphaned children, cared for war widows, and brought blessings to all.
But why does the moonlight of this “deity” always push He Yan into deeper storms? Why do those caring whispers, as gentle as a spring breeze, feed the greed and cruelty of the He family's main branch like poisonous vines? Why has the charitable hall that supposedly shines on all the world become a den for raising assassins and controlling minds?
When He Yan tears through the layers of fog, she sees the coldness and madness beneath Yan Yueling's compassionate mask, and the hand moving the pieces, manipulating the nation, people's lives, and even “fate.” Only then does she understand: the most poisonous thing in this world is not a venomous snake, but a butcher cloaked in holy light! The most terrifying enemy is not an open fight with blades and spears, but a false god who turns compassion into shackles and kindness into poison!
