The Great Feng's Long Ballad

Cutting ties with family + revenge + political intrigue + struggle for supremacy + decisive and ruthless + domineering

In the thirteenth year of Fengqi, Xu Yan, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei, defended a city alone on the northern frontier, astounding the court and the country.

In the sixteenth year of Fengqi, Xu Yan led five thousand troops on the northern frontier to repel dozens of assaults by a hundred thousand Di warriors, protecting fifteen cities along the northern border.

In the eighteenth year of Fengqi, Xu Yan routed an army of 130,000 demons on the northern frontier, driving them back to the Northern Domain.

For a time, Xu Yan’s name rang throughout the Great Feng Dynasty, and he became a young hero who defended his homeland.

For a time, Xu Yan, heir to the Prince of Zhenbei, became the Great Feng Dynasty’s dazzling young Marquis Champion.

Xu Yan, Xu Yan, may the seas be calm and the rivers clear!

Yet among the troops returning to the capital, one man sat in a wheelchair, his eyes half-closed as he murmured to himself: This time, I’ll take back the life that belongs to me!