Brocade Robes Reflecting the Abyss

Lu Hanyuan, a minor-ranking Jinyiwei officer, has a life-threatening ability: when he touches an old object, he can [Trace its past].

This power helps him solve the “Ice Corpse Resurrection Case,” bring down a prince, and rise to the post of Pacification Commissioner. It also lets him uncover the truth behind his adoptive father’s gruesome death.

He thinks his enemies are the scheming figures at court and the demonic outlaws of the martial world.

Only when he puts his blade to the current emperor’s throat does he discover that the mastermind behind the blood sacrifice of all under heaven and the alliance with otherworldly fiends is none other than the sovereign who once confided in him!

From a minor officer in the Imperial Prison to a wanted man of the court, from the heir to the Mystic Mirror to the leader of the Nine Provinces Alliance.

Lu Hanyuan’s Embroidered Spring Blade has cut down imperial authority and slaughtered demons. In the end, it points toward the fleet beyond the heavens, blotting out the stars and sun.

“Your Majesty, look into this abyss.”

“I’ll show you what I see.”