Contending for the World: The Rise and Fall of Five Clans

In this chaotic world, the land is in turmoil, divided among five peoples: the Xuanyou, Yaoyue, Xibin, Linyin, and Elven peoples. The Xuanyou are powerful in their corner of the world, revered by all under heaven. Yet sometimes, those who believe they control all creation fail to realize that, in the eyes of the people, they are no more than mayflies that live for a single day. In this troubled age, who can say how many secrets remain hidden? Even things that should never be forgotten have faded with time.

She was an orphan, abandoned at the foot of Lingsha Mountain and taken in by the Elven matriarch. She had been living a carefree life until she met him.

He was born to wealth and privilege, the pampered heir of the Yaoyue people. His destiny had taken an unexpected turn, and throughout his life, only when his gaze fell upon her did he have a reason to pause.

He bore a duty he could not abandon, while she carried a startling secret about her origins, hidden in her bloodline.

I love you deeply, more than so many others do. But I have hurt you more deeply than anyone else.

It turned out that love could mean nothing to me, or everything; and he, too, could either leave me or stay.

Though he may be heartless, if you are not hurt, then the moon and breeze are undisturbed. What does a bitter rain matter?

I laugh in the wind, I sing in the rain, my tears run dry, yet I have no words.