[Alternate World] [Age of Steam]
A knight-errant defies the law with martial force.
A scholar disrupts the law with words.
The discovery of star marrow was the greatest discovery of the nineteenth century, bar none! It ushered in an evolution that allowed humanity to surpass its limits.
As mechs rumble across bluestone streets and the cold gleam of prosthetic limbs reflects off the weathered plaques of martial arts schools, the age is torn open by technology, while tradition blazes a new trail.
Jinmeilijia's life elixirs, Yinggelun's bionic prosthetics, Dongying's qi-powered machinery, and the Yuxia martial artists' cultivation of inner qi.
"Swords, spears, staffs and clubs? Not as good as one shot from an electromagnetic cannon."
"Ten years of hard training? You're better off replacing your internal organs with prosthetics."
Weapons belong in museums, but ordinary iron can still let out one last dragon's roar. Martial arts cannot stop the treads of a mech, yet a body of flesh and blood can still tear through alloy armor.
One saber breaks through the ranks, mastery of every weapon reaches the divine. With a gleaming blade, he cuts down his foes, and with flesh and blood, he smashes through a torrent of steel.
Amid the roar of steam, the breath of ancient martial arts resonates with the stars.
Among the world's myriad teachings, sects, clans, and schools, Li Xin takes his first step out of a secluded mountain clan. With a gleaming blade on his back, he crosses Lotus Lake and carves a path to divine martial mastery in a world of star marrow, machinery, and qi!
It's new, but the logic is relatively clear. It's okay.