Embers Rise in the Northern Frontier

Seven years of wind and snow in the Northern Desert washed away the prince’s former splendor, but could not erase a blood feud.

Once the beloved Consort Liu of the capital was falsely accused, and her entire family was brought to ruin. At eighteen, Xiao Jin fell from the clouds into the mud. Stripped of his title and exiled to the desolate Blackwind Pass, he was mocked by all as a discarded prince, a dethroned king who would never return.

No one knew that on the barbaric frontier, a hidden dragon had already begun to stir.

Together with four loyal brothers, he carved out a place for himself amid mountains of corpses and rivers of blood. He subdued the barbarian tribes, secured the frontier, secretly built up his strength, and planted spies throughout the realm. Cold-blooded and ruthless, he was unmatched in battle, yet his heart held nothing but loyalty and tenderness.

The emperor was suspicious, and court politics demanded a careful balance of power.

A single imperial decree arranged a marriage: Su Wanhe, the legitimate daughter of a noble house, went alone to the desert, entering the game with her own life to win her family a chance at survival.

Gentle and virtuous, soft on the outside but strong within, she held a world of strategy in her heart. She steadied the army, managed the household, resolved crises, and concealed her strength. With a gentle touch, she countered the thousand-weight treachery of the imperial court.

Brothers laughed and bickered, standing together through life and death;

a husband and wife forged of iron and tenderness weathered every storm together.

Dark currents surged through the imperial palace, while the princes watched like hungry tigers. The old emperor died suddenly, leaving the court without a ruler. Flames of war spread across the land as the princes fought one another for the throne, and the realm fell into turmoil.

After seven years in hiding, the hidden dragon emerged from the depths.

Xiao Jin cast off the dust and frost of the frontier, took up his three-foot blade, purged the emperor’s treacherous advisers, executed corrupt officials, avenged his mother’s bloody death, and brought an end to the chaos engulfing the realm.

The discarded prince who had once been trampled underfoot finally returned through bloodshed to ascend the throne. With the fire of his ashes, he burned away the darkness, and with his iron will, secured the realm and protected a love that would last a lifetime.