The land falls into chaos, and undercurrents swirl through the halls of power.
Lu Zheng, a low-born wandering swordsman, takes on a deadly escort job worth three hundred taels and unexpectedly gets caught up in a world-shaking conspiracy. A strange book called The Formless Formation Diagram sparks bloody turmoil throughout the martial world, while murderous schemes lurk at every turn in the imperial court.
During the perilous escort, a mysterious woman named Su Qinghan appears inside the chest, her identity a mystery and her demeanor as cold as ice. The two go from testing each other at every turn to breaking through desperate odds and sharing life and death.
When the chivalry of the martial world collides with unfathomable political scheming, and love must contend with the fate of all under heaven, Lu Zheng has no choice but to draw his battered, solitary blade and, as a mere mortal, strike back at those who sit high above and move the pieces.
“This world is not your game board. The martial world has rules of its own!”
