I Have a Sword That Can Shatter Heaven’s Gate

Seventeen-year-old Shen Zhufeng’s master is murdered, leaving him the Qingfeng Sword and the “Qingya” Saber, along with instructions to stay out of sight. He refuses, setting out alone into the martial world. Along the way, he stands up for an elderly street performer and makes an enemy of the Qingyun Sect. He meets Wen Yuci, the sect’s young master, who saves him and immediately recognizes the Qingfeng Sword’s scabbard. He also takes in a homeless orphan, A Zhu, as a traveling companion. Taking a detour through Xishan, he rescues Lin Yuan, a former member of the Canyue Pavilion, and learns that his master once took a bundle of old case files from the Qingyun Sect. They document five deaths, three wrongful convictions, and two massacres orchestrated by the sect’s leader, the Perfected Master Ling Xuan, over the course of thirty years. Seventeen years ago, his master escaped the Qingyun Sect by leaping from Qingya behind the mountain, leaving behind the words: “The sword remains, the man lives, the debt is unpaid.” Shen Zhufeng rests for a time in Huaiping, then heads for Qingya once Lin Yuan has recovered. Along the way, he gets caught up in the century-old feud between the prestigious sects and the Canyue Pavilion. He investigates his master’s death, reopens the old cases, and carves out a new path. In the end, the boy’s sincerity shatters the labels of good and evil. His sword brings order to the martial world, and everyone finds their rightful place.