Chronicles of the Turbulent Martial World

The previous dynasty fell amid corruption, rebellion, and foreign invasion. A general who defended the imperial palace to the death left his spear, “Yellow Dragon Weeping Blood,” and his ambitions atop “Heavenly Pivot” outside the palace gates. Prince Li Zhan and Yang Lan, the orphaned child of the general, fled east to the Shimmering Seas under Yu Jiuyin's escort. The new dynasty was established, but the true age of chaos had only just begun. More than a decade later, Yu Jiuyin's disciple Li Yan returned to the martial world. Amid its turmoil, he met Li Zhan, Yang Lan, and Ashina Xia, a Turkic princess traveling east to seek aid, along with many kindred spirits. He also gradually came to understand the “Way” he must uphold. What choice must Li Yan make to face the dark road ahead, far more fearsome than opponents like Zhao Chongxiao, and turn a one-way journey through the martial world into a legend without regrets... An ordinary tale of a young man who roams the martial world, determined to root out injustice across the land; A familiar tale of a hero who rises with sword in hand and ends a decade of suffering for all under Heaven; A wuxia tale of holding fast to one's beliefs through confusion. Waves surge and clouds vanish, one sword remains; upholding justice and vanquishing evil, I fight across the Nine Provinces...