Sword Shadows on the River, Head on a Pillow of Jianghu

Amid Jiangnan's misty rain, the young swordsman Su Chenbi, dressed in blue and carrying a peachwood sword, ventures into the martial world for the first time. Guided by a pure heart, he saves a flower girl and crosses paths with Ye Lanzhou, a reclusive swordsman. From then on, he embarks on a journey to uncover his origins and protect all living things. In the windswept sands of the northern frontier, he grasps the meaning of the Pillowwind Art. At the Longmen Grottoes, he foils the Netherworld Cult's conspiracy. At just twenty-two, he uses the True Book of Mountains and Rivers to surpass his peers, earning acclaim throughout the martial world as the Young Sword Sovereign.

But when rain falls over Jinling, he is ambushed and stripped of his cultivation, tumbling from the clouds into the mire. He tries to drown his sorrows in wine and gives himself over to despair. Fortunately, Shen Qingci stays by his side, and a mysterious elder offers guidance. In the Lotus Heart Secret Realm of the Valley of Forgetfulness, he finds a chance at survival: he uses lotus heart grass to mend his meridians, abandons his former skills, and takes up the Lotus Heart Sword Manual, grasping the truth that "the heart is the sword, and love its edge."

This is a martial-world epic steeped in poetic beauty: the gentleness of Jiangnan begonias beaded with rain, the grandeur of beacon fires lighting up the snow in the north, and, above all, the transformation of a young man who goes from "pursuing unmatched greatness beneath the heavens" to "protecting the people by his side." Su Chenbi's sword once cleaved mountains and rivers and drove back countless foes. Later, he sheathed its edge and guarded the bonds he cherished. In the end, he proves that a true legend of the martial world is not about having the swiftest sword beneath heaven, but about keeping one's heart true and protecting the one one loves.