Mist and rain shatter over Jiangnan, while winds of change rise in the capital.
Shen Yanci, eldest legitimate son of a Jiangnan noble family, hides beneath his gentle scholar’s robes the identity of the thirty-seventh successor to the Qingping Pavilion. The birthmark on his left palm, shaped like mountains and rivers, marks three fated tasks: clear his father’s name, recover the former dynasty’s Book of Mountains and Rivers, and protect peace throughout the realm.
