Li Haoren, a young man from the mountains, learns peerless martial arts from the remarkable monk Liaokong and steps into a turbulent world. The powerful minister Yan Song is usurping the state, Japanese pirates run rampant, and the emperor's uncle plots rebellion. Li becomes sworn brothers with a young emperor driven from his throne, takes up the Dragon-Slaying Spear, and rallies an army of loyalists. Caught between courtly schemes and the fires of war, he embarks on a blood-soaked legend of cleansing a broken land and restoring order to the world.
The plot development is okay, the suspense and twists are good!