Green Edge Drinks Snow: Chronicles of the Jiajing-Era Martial World

In the thirteenth year of Yan Song's control over the cabinet, Yan Shifan commands the Imperial Seal Office and oversees the Shadow Pavilion's payroll. Former subordinates of Lu Bing in the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Commandant Office wage a deadly struggle against the Eastern Depot's Wei Zhongxian faction. The Western Depot is reestablished under a trusted subordinate of Yan Shifan, tasked with investigating anti-Yan forces in the martial world. Xu Jie hides within the Donglin Literary Society, secretly coordinating with the orthodox martial factions.

The Three Veins and Nine Schools carve up the territory, each faction torn between ties to the imperial court and its true nature in the martial world.