In the autumn of the twenty-third year of the Yuanling era, bitter northern winds swept across the borderlands. Chen Ling's tyranny ran rampant, young men died in forced labor, and the people were ruthlessly exploited. Zhong Hang, Yao Dong, and other young patriots from the northern frontier gathered in a hidden cave on Mount Mang. They held a bloodstained ledger and sought to raise the banner of rebellion, but they had few soldiers, little food, and 250,000 imperial troops from Luxi looming over them. They were trapped in a desperate situation.
At this critical moment, Tian Yi, a general of the Guo Kingdom, arrived in black robes and silver armor. His martial skill won the crowd's respect, and he pledged to travel to Guo to ask for troops. Before long, Tian Yi returned north through the frost at the head of 400,000 Black Armor cavalry, their military might shaking the heavens. But they had nowhere to station their troops and were running out of provisions, so he overruled the objections of his generals and headed straight for the Kingdom of Wanchun. Along the way, he received a secret message concealed in a wax pill and learned that Chen Yuan, the ruler of Wanchun, was a puppet of Chen He. The loyal and courageous general Muchun, commander of Qinghe Pass, had been kept in the dark and made into an instrument of tyranny.
With the army at the gates of Qinghe Pass, Tian Yi tried to win Muchun over with a speech from the front lines. Faced with irrefutable evidence in the ledger, Muchun's ten years of loyalty awakened. He killed the supervising envoy, surrendered under a white flag, and led his troops over to the righteous cause. He volunteered to lead the vanguard and strike straight at Xiangping. Tian Yi cleverly launched a feint in the east to draw the enemy's attention. Yao Dong made a show of attacking the east gate while Muchun charged through the west gate with his sword. The rebel army swept into the city, the tyrant was executed, and the treacherous chancellor was captured.
United in purpose, the generals worked together to restore order, help the people, and reclaim farmland, securing their foundation before leading the army south to crush Chen He. After years of bitter fighting, they finally unified the realm. Tian Yi ascended the throne, named the dynasty Jing, encouraged farming and sericulture, and brought peace to the land. In the first year of his reign, the sky split open and a temporal storm swept across the world. The entire Jing Dynasty became a colossal floating island and was dragged into a high-martial world. Here, cultivators flew through the sky and strange beasts roamed everywhere. The imperial troops were no match for them, and the floating island was beset by danger. In the face of crisis, Tian Yi and his generals swore an oath and led the Jing Dynasty into battle against impossible odds. With the might of an empire, they would stand against sects; with mortal bodies, they would defy the laws of Heaven, defend their land, protect their people, and forge a new glory in another world!
