In the third year of the Jinghe era under the Great Yong, a tribute ship on the Bian River is attacked. Shen Qingci, a Qingyun disciple carrying a blood feud, is unexpectedly swept into the whirlpool of court politics and the martial world. Alongside an heir to the Medicine King Valley and a commander of the imperial guards, he foils a scheme involving Gu poison and investigates the secrets of the late emperor’s edict. Amid the clash of blades and the fervor of chivalry, he is caught in the power games of Prince Jing and the Grand Commandant. With his sharp sword, he cuts through the fog, upholds the code of the martial world, protects the people and the realm, and seeks a path for the court and the martial world to coexist.
