Island Gate: Storms and Clouds

During the Daoguang era, crushing taxes and social upheaval left the people destitute!

Smuggling ran rampant along the coast of eastern Zhejiang, and pirates terrorized the region, bringing misery to coastal residents.

Wang Changlin inherited his father's trade and learned the art of shipbuilding.

Driven by the need to make a living, he started from nothing, founded a shipyard, and improved his family's fortunes.

As he ran the shipyard, he continued to grow while searching the area around Dinghai for his missing father.

In the course of his search, he dealt with all manner of people and witnessed

chaos and chivalry in the martial world;

corruption and turmoil in officialdom;

and the navy's incompetence and decay.

There were also courageous commoners who stood up for what was right, chivalrous heroes who helped others, and good officials devoted to the people,

but the rot had taken such deep root that they were all swallowed up by this corrupt world.

As Wang Changlin uncovered the truth behind his father's disappearance,

he did his part to fight pirates and destroy the opium-smuggling trade.

He sought not to save the world, only the people before him;

he did not aspire to restore the realm, only to keep a corner of his conscience intact.