A Guest Drunk in the Nine Provinces

The Xinghaike are mysterious beings, revered like gods. Every time they appear, without exception, they alter the course of this world of kingdoms and commanderies.

Each stands above the rest, each with their own gifts. For thousands of years, no one has ever learned where they came from. All that remains of them are the astonishing tales of the martial world passed down through the ages.

Legend says that whoever gathers all nine fragments of the White Seal will unite the Nine Provinces, surpass the gods, and become an immortal.

This legend became the lifelong dream of everyone in the Nine Provinces, including the Xinghaike.

Now, a small-time hoodlum from Qidi City, Chao Li, has been mistaken for a Xinghaike because of a fragment of the White Seal.

Branded with infamy, hunted by the world, and caught in the maelstrom of the Nine Provinces’ many powers,

all he wants is to survive. Yet step by step, he moves toward a position that exists only in legend. And the price is far crueler than he ever imagined...