She is his incurable affliction, and he is the blade that lets her survive the desperate.
· She is the catalyst for his cure, and also his poison.
· He is her dead end, and also her way out.
· Shen Zhiwei, a sacrificial offering bearing the Mark of Heaven's Mandate, uses her Heaven-Mending Needles to stay alive amid the deadly schemes of the capital.
· Xie Wudu, a former Plum Shadow Guard of the fallen dynasty, afflicted by the Ashes of Cold Plum, wields a blood-drinking saber to clear her path through the mystery of the Imperial Seal.
· The Chancellor wants her blood to sustain three hundred years of national fortune.
· The Imperial Preceptor wants her soul to complete a rite that reaches the heavens.
· Xie Wudu only wants her to live.
When the sacrificial altar catches fire, what he shatters is not only the Imperial Seal, but also this man-eating mandate of heaven.
"History is written by the victors. Starting today, I will recast your destiny."
Theme: Defy fate. My life is mine to command. Protect those you love in the depths of despair, and forge a new light in the darkness.
