Twenty years ago, the Great Yin dynasty changed hands. The former royal house of Tianshu was wiped out, with only the “Longxiang bloodline” left to hide among the martial world.
Shen Zhou, a lowly servant of the Qingya Sect, is actually the last survivor of the former dynasty. He keeps his talents hidden beneath the guise of a greedy, lecherous, and slick opportunist, scraping by amid the killing blades of the Jingwu Bureau and the undercurrents within the sect.
A sect tournament he cannot refuse forces him into a perilous world of shifting shadows and uncertain loyalties. He must withstand the deadly scrutiny of Han Li, a captain in the Jingwu Bureau, navigate the jealousy of the genius Lu Ang, and avoid the perceptive gaze of Su Wanqing, the sect leader’s daughter.
His old servant, Uncle Qin, secretly helps him and teaches him orthodox cultivation techniques, but also forces him to practice the low-class martial art “Wild Whirlwind,” proving the saying that the crooked path can lead to enlightenment and cementing his reputation as a scheming villain.
His meridians are as fragile as paper, and every step is fraught with danger. In this world of cultivation and the pursuit of immortality, Shen Zhou has no System and no divine weapon. All he has is a cunning sharper than a fox’s and a life more tenacious than a weed’s.
He is both a player in the drama and the one moving the pieces.
