True Fire in the Ashes

Embers of True Fire tells a Jiang Ziya story unlike traditional mythology. At thirty-two, Jiang Ziya bids farewell to his mother and wife, Yu Qinqing, and heads to Kunlun Mountain to seek the Dao, only to become embroiled in conflicts among immortal sects and a plot from the Nine Hells. As he merges with the earth's ley lines beneath Qilin Cliff to protect a city's people from the Nine Hells' Demon Lord, his wife Yu Qinqing suffers the loss of their unborn child in Chaoge. Forty years on Kunlun, and the Jade-Clear Pool reflects his past. Jiang Ziya faces his guilt and forges his regrets into something greater, transforming the joys and sorrows of mortal life into profound compassion for all living beings. Through unbearable pain, he finally attains the Great Luo Dao Fruit. At seventy-two, his hair and beard as white as snow, he descends the mountain with the Investiture of the Gods in hand and the God-Beating Whip on his back, unaware that an even greater tribulation awaits... This is a xianxia epic about protection and redemption. Built on the foundations of Investiture of the Gods and imbued with the radiance of human nature, it reimagines Jiang Ziya as a vivid, flesh-and-blood figure. The political intrigue on Kunlun Mountain and the profound emotions of everyday life intertwine against the sweeping backdrop of the Investiture of the Gods, forming a stirring song of fire and embers.