Mountains and rivers form the board; love and hate are the pieces. Gou Yue, Crown Prince of the Central Region, is gentle before others, but behind the scenes he plans every move and quietly controls the game. Hua Zhuo, Mistress of the Passion-Burning Palace, is a flower immortal of ten thousand years, renowned for her peerless beauty, and a revenge-seeker burdened by a blood feud. Her sword points straight at the corrupt officials of the court. A fateful meeting, long in the making, binds together two destinies that should never have crossed. He is an unexpected variable on her chessboard, and the only light she has glimpsed in the darkness.
Yet the day love takes root is also the day the storm breaks. Yu Xiaotian, the tyrant of the Demon Realm, seethes with bloodlust, while Bing Kaijiang, the Empress of the Frigid Realm, has ambitions as breathtaking as they are vast. Both seek to bring these ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains under their control. At court, the bond and schemes between Left Chancellor Mo Shang and Crown Prince Gou Yue stir beneath the surface. Beyond the palace walls, shadows such as Li Jing and Sikong Jiu close in, with danger lurking at every turn.
When she must choose between the one she loves and the fate of her country, when her blood-sworn revenge stands in opposition to peace for all... Is the seven-colored rainbow sword Hua Zhuo raises aloft meant to burn this corrupted world to ashes, or to cleanse it and usher in an age of peace? And will Gou Yue, who hides his true nature, choose to ascend the lonely, frigid throne above all others, or take the hand of the one who wishes to dance with him across these mountains and rivers?
This is a high-stakes gamble with love as the blade and the whole world as the wager. Watch the peerlessly beautiful palace mistress and the cunning crown prince carve out an immortal path in this vast age of rival heroes and rising gods and demons.
For now, let us see whether the sword-wielding immortal and the power-wielding emperor will become legends side by side amid the torrents of troubled times, or doom each other to ruin. It all hangs on a single choice, where sword qi and tenderness intertwine.
Theme: Hold the world in your hands and turn the vast realm upside down. Uphold the greater good of country and people, and set the land's fate down in your own hand.
