Guarding the Rivers and Mountains Through Wind and Rain

In the misty rain of Jiangnan, one man wears common clothes, another a crimson robe.

Chen Budao was born among the common folk. With no sect or school to call his own, he holds fast to the principles in his heart and protects the weak.

Xu Mengran bears the weight of the world. With thorns in his path, he uses the imperial court as a chessboard to secure peace across the land.

One belongs to the martial world, the other to the imperial court.

They weather storms together, strangers who come to understand one another.

The world looks down on the martial world, scorns commoners, and laughs that rough men from humble origins will never enter high society.

But as the world lurches through chaos, with home and country at stake,

only he, with lonely courage, protects the warmth of everyday life;

only he, with half a lifetime of restraint, holds up a vast realm.

He seeks no fame, asks no profit, argues neither honor nor disgrace, and speaks not of his hardships.

When peace finally returns and the land is whole,

a handful of yellow earth, half a lifetime of misty rain,

and in the end, kindred spirits divided by mountains and rivers, never betraying one another in this life.