Jun Wanqing is a restorer of ancient books. One late night, as her fingertips brushed the torn pages of the rare volume Illustrated Records of Mountains and Seas, the world spun around her. The ancient spirit Xuan Ji, asleep within the book, broke free of her seal and dragged Jun Wanqing's soul back ten thousand years, into war-torn ancient China. The cavalry of foreign tribes rampaged across the Nine Provinces, while humanity huddled in crumbling fortresses, struggling to survive.
The once-prosperous land of China lay in ruins. A cold System suddenly bound itself to her: reclaim the countless territories occupied by foreign tribes and accumulate enough points, and she could return to the modern world. If she failed, she would vanish forever into the long ages of history.
At first, Jun Wanqing gritted her teeth and pressed on just to stay alive and get home. Armed with the ancient knowledge she had gleaned from old books, she groped her way toward cultivation in a savage, chaotic age, traveling alone through a world in turmoil.
Along the way, she met cultivators burning with passion, survivors who would defend their homeland to the death, and members of the human race unwilling to submit. Her lonely figure gradually drew others together, until they stood shoulder to shoulder.
After seeing refugees weep blood and watching beacon fires consume entire villages, Jun Wanqing, who had once sought only to protect herself, developed an unshakable resolve.
They risked their lives to fight the demon race, using their cultivated sword intent to protect the last sparks of humanity. Through battle after bloody battle, they reclaimed their shattered homeland inch by inch. When dawn broke, China would rise again, and humanity would surely defeat the darkness and restore a golden age.
