In the seventh century, the Tang Dynasty was at its height, and the Silk Road linked East and West. Yet along this golden trade route, yellow sands lay beside white bones, and opportunity came hand in hand with danger. Li Changfeng, a former officer in the Liangzhou garrison whose prospects had been ruined, was driven by poverty to accept a job with an absurdly high reward: escorting a mysterious caravan called Jinyu to the Western Regions. The caravan's master, a Sogdian merchant named Hu San, was a secretive man. The caravan carried no silk or porcelain, but heavily guarded a sealed, windowless carriage. They traveled by night and hid by day, avoiding every bustling post station and town as they followed the most desolate ancient roads. As they headed west, sandstorms, bandits, and forces of unknown allegiance kept appearing, all targeting the carriage. Through one life-or-death battle after another, Li Changfeng gradually realized that the truth behind this journey went far beyond escorting treasure. The carriage held no gold or jade, but a great secret capable of shaking the Western Regions. He was escorting a living person, someone who could draw countless heroes to their doom and reshape the entire balance of power in the Western Regions. The yellow sands stretched to the horizon, and danger lurked everywhere. Li Changfeng's blade had to cut through not only the enemies before him, but also the layers of obscurity to uncover the truth behind it all. He had come for money, but before he knew it, he was caught up in a storm that would go down in history.
