Jade in the Ashes: Love Lost in a Chaotic Age

[1v6 | Republican-Era Revenge | Everyone Gets Their Comeuppance]

One great fire reduced the century-old Mu family to ashes.

Six men, six “saviors,” six webs woven through with lies.

She is Mu Xi, an orphan who crawled out of the ruins, carrying a blood feud and the secret of the imperial jade seal.

They are a warlord who once held power over all, a refined and genteel consul, an idealistic revolutionary, a politician who keeps his cards close, an obsessive and unhinged childhood friend, and a loyal, cunning protector.

They all claim to love her, yet each one personally pushes her into the abyss.

She smiles as she accepts the pocket watch, the jade disc, the bloodstained letter… and then smashes them herself!

“You put on quite a show. Too bad I don’t need saving. All I want is for you to… pay for your debts in blood.”

[Reader’s Guide]

◆ 1v6, no one is a good person. The heroine is a dark-hearted schemer, coldly rational and mad, and never loves anyone from beginning to end.

◆ Republican-era setting + power struggles + revenge + emotional mind games. The male leads suffer, and the bonfire burns straight through to the earth’s core.

◆ Everyone gets a bad ending. No one makes it out. The old era is reduced to ashes, and not a trace of its filth remains in the new age.

“Welcome to my game of chess, executioners.”