The Owner of the Number One Inn in the World

The Tianshu Continent borders the Eastern Sea to the east, stretches to vast mountain ranges in the west, and meets the boundless northern grasslands of Shuobei. To the south, the forests are thick with miasma. At the continent's heart lies a fertile plain that stretches for thousands of miles: Zhongzhou, home to the Dayan Dynasty, which has ruled the land for more than three hundred years.

But three hundred years is a curse.

In the 327th year of the Yan calendar, the sun is setting on the Dayan Dynasty. The young emperor has been on the throne for barely two years, eunuchs control the court, border troops are eight months behind on their provisions, and waves of refugees surge across the land. Provincial officials each pursue their own interests, while the nomadic Beidi to the north smell blood and raid south year after year.

The age of chaos has arrived.