A Thousand Years of Martial Arts

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, an entire household of loyal officials is slaughtered. The young Xiao Changge, bearing a blood feud and holding a broken jade token that conceals clues to an ancient treasure, steps into a perilous and unpredictable martial world. The token responds, danger closes in, and he is forced into a staggering conspiracy spanning both the martial world and the imperial court.

Poisoned swords and unanswered questions at Hidden Sword Manor, undercurrents swirling through the Northern Desert royal court, and a conspiracy blotting out the sky above the Temple of Heaven in the capital... The struggle for the fragments of the “Key to the Mountains and Rivers” reveals the tragic past of their fathers and the apocalyptic shadow of the “World-Cleansing Plan.” The ruthless powerful minister Nangong Yu sits beyond the board, treating the world as his game pieces as he seeks to purge and remake it.

Ye Qingyi, a physician with a mysterious past, stays by his side, while Lu Jinglan, a wandering swordsman who never hesitates to draw his blade, shares life and death with him. From bloody clashes in the martial world to contests of power at court, from a solitary orphan seeking vengeance to a player moving the pieces, Xiao Changge presses on through conspiracy and betrayal, making choices between loyalty and sacrifice.

When the final fragment falls into place, the truth behind the cataclysm comes to light. Will he wield the divine weapon and become a new ruler, or find a different path for all living beings? This is the ultimate test of one’s heart, a story of power, righteousness, and protection.

See how this young man, with a broken body, bears the weight of a thousand years and writes his own song amid fire and thorns: The Chronicles of the Martial World Through the Ages.