(The early pacing is quite slow, so you may want to skim.) A genius girl, imprisoned for thirty-eight years, finally breaks out, only to discover that all her enemies are long dead. She had lived on hatred, but now all she feels is bewilderment. It is only when she enters a world in turmoil and sees countless ordinary people struggling to survive that she understands: the meaning of living was never just revenge. From the White Robe Sect to the Society of Heaven and Earth, from the Imperial City to the East Sea, she moves step by step toward the pinnacle of martial arts, and step by step finds herself again...
It's very delicately written.