The Tale of Jingyun's Sword Shadows

Synopsis

During the Jiading era of the Southern Song, Mongol cavalry invade the south. A fragment of the Dark Iron left behind by Guo Jing appears, and rumors that whoever possesses it can control the nation's destiny plunge the jianghu into bloodshed.

Su Jingyao, a girl abandoned by the Beggars' Sect, seeks to clear her father of the false charge that he collaborated with the Mongols. Gu Yancen, an orphan of Peach Blossom Island, seeks revenge for his family's massacre. A clue to the Dark Iron intertwines their fates. They must contend with the Black Wind Cavalry, commanded by the Mongol imperial preceptor Cang Langzi, while unmasking traitors within the Southern Song. Amid flashing blades, they seek the truth behind the Dark Iron's power over both martial prowess and the nation's destiny.

As the echoes of Xiangyang's fallen heroes collide with the chivalry of the jianghu, can this pair of rivals and allies protect the last spark of the Central Plains martial world with the swords in their hands and the righteousness in their hearts? This wuxia spin-off of The Legend of the Condor Heroes takes you back to a passionate jianghu of chivalry and devotion to home and country, where two protagonists write their own legend of “Jingyun's Sword Shadows” amid conspiracies and the fires of war.