She is the frail princess with the worst reputation in the Tianchen Kingdom, and also the “Netherworld Emperor,” who commands the darkest forces in the martial world.
A sudden upheaval leaves her maternal grandfather wrongfully accused and her mother dead. Beneath her spoiled, carefree facade, her dormant edge finally comes to light.
She turns the tide on the northern battlefield and stirs up a storm when sent south for a political marriage.
The imperial court and the distant martial world alike are all pieces on the board at her fingertips.
As her many secret identities teeter on the verge of exposure, her former nemesis unexpectedly becomes a burning presence in the palm of her hand...
This time, she wants the realm itself as her bride price. The vengeance and sins that left a million corpses in their wake must be offered up in a blaze that consumes the land.
The phoenix hides in the court, only to sing out beneath the nine heavens.
