In the final years of the Dayu Dynasty, a blood moon appeared in the sky. The imperial jade seal, inscribed with “By Heaven's Mandate,” vanished under mysterious circumstances, and the hundred imperial guards who protected it all died overnight. The only clue left behind was a strange wolf-shaped footprint.
Yun Lan, a borderland boy born with a wolf-shaped birthmark, was regarded as ill-omened. Yet on the night the jade seal disappeared, he dreamed he had become a white wolf and entered the imperial palace. Ji Yaoguang, a former dynasty's princess who had been living among the common people, saw hope of restoring her dynasty after fifteen years in hiding. The third prince, Yu Chen, who had grown up in the Cold Palace, spotted a chance to seize the throne amid the chaos. The second prince, Yu Heng, who guarded the northern frontier with a powerful army, watched coldly from the sidelines. And the kindhearted, timid crown prince, Yu Jue, was thrust into the center of the storm, gripped by fear.
As rival factions maneuvered openly and secretly for the jade seal, ancient gods who had slept for three thousand years quietly awoke. Hanba, Zhulong, Xiangliu: these forgotten beings were waiting for the human world to give them an answer.
As people struggled between power, hatred, love, and duty, they would ultimately have to answer the ultimate question: On the scales between gods and humanity, is humanity still worth allowing to exist?
