Wuxia, two strong leads, tragic romance, the martial world
On a rainy night in the martial world, I drink alone by a lonely lamp, toasting the past, the years ahead, and the boyhood we can never return to.
This is a high-martial world where the powerful can scale walls and rooftops, skim over water, and travel a thousand miles in a day. They can kill with a plucked flower or a flying leaf, reverse yin and yang with Taiji Bagua palms, unleash sword energy in every direction, cleave stone and wood with the gale of a raging blade, and make their instruments' sound waves shake the organs... Ten-year-old Jiang Xun grows up in Gangtou Village, carefree alongside his friends and doted on by his parents. But he cannot help wondering: how can parents in a remote mountain village teach him martial arts?
A squad of imperial guards escorting the Tianyan royal family's Dragon Pearl happens to pass through Gangtou Village. The pearl suddenly lights up, revealing that the Phoenix Pearl is nearby. Legend says that whoever gathers both pearls can obtain the Blood-Slaughter Saber Technique left behind by the Blood-Slaughter Emperor of the former dynasty. A storm is brewing in Gangtou Village...
Jiang Xun escapes and sobs himself unconscious in the pouring rain. The wandering Bodhi Daoist rescues him, takes him as a disciple, and puts him through rigorous training in the Snowstorm Sword Technique.
Ten years later, his master brings him to the imperial capital, where he meets Gu Xici. On the tournament stage, his Snowstorm Sword Technique and Gu Xici's Heavenly Dipper Raging Saber prove evenly matched, and together they claim first place. The two promise to travel the martial world together. Ten years later, they return to the capital. Gu Xici may be a woman, but she is the sole heir to the Tianyan Dynasty. Only then does Jiang Xun realize that Gu Xici is descended from the man who killed his father... Jiang Xun thrusts his sword at Gu Xici. She does not dodge. The blade has barely pierced her when Jiang Xun realizes what he has done... He flees the capital like a madman. For ten years, Jiang Xun secretly helps Gu Xici put down one rebellion after another. When he finally returns to the capital, he discovers that she knew everything all along...
