The Lonely City of Xiangyang, Where the Sword Never Sleeps

In the waning years of the Southern Song, Xiangyang stood on the brink of disaster. The Five Greats of the realm had long since become legends of the martial world, and the Condor Heroes had vanished from it. Murong Chengying, a proud swordsman bearing the legacy of a fallen noble house, entered the doomed city, destined to be swallowed by war, to honor a promise he had long forgotten. He meant only to pass through, but Guo Jing’s devotion to his country, Huang Rong’s endless ingenuity, and the city’s soldiers and people fighting to the death drew him ever deeper into the heart of the age’s upheaval. His sword had witnessed humanity at its most brilliant, and cut down demons at their darkest. In this isolated city watched by the whole realm, he was neither savior nor great hero. He was simply a lone traveler who, beneath the last glow of a dying age, refused to let the sword in his hand fall silent.