Listening to Sword Songs in a Fleeting Life

A chaotic age is approaching, demons and monsters run rampant, the three great immortal sects and four great clans vie for supremacy, and undercurrents swirl through the martial world. Jiang Huaiyu rises from humble beginnings and is drawn into the conflict between immortals and demons when his enemy is destroyed. Ling Yueshuang seeks the Great Dao, but becomes caught up in upheaval within her sect and can find no peace. The demon youth Shi Ye struggles to make his own choices while trying to protect his people and resist the shackles of fate. The characters drift through the mortal world, sects, imperial court, and heavenly tribulations. Some attain the Dao and ascend, some die and see their Dao vanish, and some finally find freedom. Oaths, friendship, love, and hatred become hopelessly entangled. All living beings are pieces on a chessboard, and at the end of the immortal path, they ask what becomes of the dust. The story follows multiple plotlines, realistically depicting the many lives of an immortal cultivation world and exploring human nature and faith.