Four years after ascending the throne, Xiao Chen sets out to weaken the feudal lords, only to be deposed by his uncle Xiao Yuan in the name of purging traitors from the court. To escape his pursuers, Xiao Chen is swept east across the sea to a mysterious continent. To celebrate his achievements, Xiao Yuan uses the resources of the entire nation to compile an unprecedented work, The Great Canon of Immortality. Though thousands of miles away, Xiao Chen can somehow sense its contents in real time. He, too, uses the canon to write his own song of ice and fire.
