[Female-Oriented Rebirth] [No Romance] [Not a Power Fantasy] [Interstellar Military Academy] [Classical-Style Science Fiction] [Epic of Civilization]
In 2097, Earth civilization is reduced to ashes in the flames of the Seven Deadly Sins.
Cheng Qian, an ordinary student at the University of Torchbearers, holds a ticket aboard the starship Xihe, which will carry her away from Earth. But at the last moment before launch, she plunges into the annihilating flames to save her closest friend.
When she opens her eyes again, it is the year 745 of the Alliance Calendar.
Humanity is reborn on distant Cangwu, and after surviving several catastrophes, establishes an alliance that reveres the style of ancient Huaxia. Cheng Qian is reborn as the posthumous daughter of the Zhonglang General of the Kaiyang Guard, one of the seven armies of the Big Dipper. She grows up under the care of the artifact spirit Xuzhu.
Three false moons hang in the sky, and starships are built with flying eaves and bracketed roofs. The people of Cangwu prize martial prowess and give swords as gifts. Her mother forges a sword for her and places it beside her cradle.
"A Qian, this sword is called Xuanjie, meaning 'to free the people from their hanging distress.' May you find a way to give this civilization, suspended in the sea of stars and never at peace, a place to put down roots."
Cheng Qian knows that shadows lurk beneath the glory.
The circumstances of her father's death are uncertain. The Gui Xu swarms devour stars, the intelligent machines of the old era see life as cancer, and the Star Reavers lurk in the darkness. Within the Alliance, under the appearance of peace, undercurrents surge.
Carrying memories of a past life in which civilization collapsed, she watches this new world struggle forward with its retrofuturistic technology, her heart filled with doubt:
Can humanity avoid repeating its past mistakes this time?
Cheng Qian grips the hilt of her sword.
The hidden dragon in the deep will one day shine among the stars.
This time, she is no student fleeing the apocalypse, but a guardian with a sword in hand.
For herself, and for this civilization blooming from the ashes, she will seek a way to resolve its plight amid the boundless sea of stars.
