The Power Awakens: The Phoenix God's Legacy

Sometimes, that’s just how things are:

A flower that is not a flower, a mist that is not a mist.

What we gain is often no more than a handful of reflected moonlight in the water.

In the twenty-third year of Tianhua, the Li Kingdom conquered Tuan. The three-year war ended with Tuan’s destruction, and from then on, the Jiuli Continent was divided among three powers.

No one knew why the ruler of Li had extended the front line thousands of miles beyond his borders to destroy Tuan...

No one knew why the King of Lan, who had always been close to the Crown Prince of Tuan, had persuaded his ruler to lend land to Li...

Some people and events leave behind nothing for posterity but the painful glare of splendor.

In truth, sometimes the truth is that simple.

He was the most beautiful man in Jiuli. The ancient King of Mi once declared, “In this life, I live only for you,” and even defied the world’s judgment by making him his male empress. In the end, however, he became a kept boy...

She was the most beautiful woman in Jiuli. After sleeping for sixteen years, she awoke one day and plunged the realm into chaos. In the end, she was honored as empress, yet disappeared from history...

Her name was Yun Duan. A car accident, a woman who fell from the sky, and the words, “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have found you so soon.”

Did she get swept into the chaos of the age, or did the chaos begin because of her? Even she couldn’t say...

The chronicles of Jiuli would never record this name, because

She was the most beautiful man in Jiuli,

and also the most beautiful woman in Jiuli...

She was imprisoned in the palace of Li, and also became Empress of Lan.

She built the Holy City and boldly vowed to unite the realm.

She was the mother of Jiuli’s first female emperor.

In the end, it all passed like clouds before the eye...