Chronicles of an Unprecedented Era

The Great Xia dynasty, which had ruled the Central Plains for nearly three hundred years, collapsed. Warlords seized the opportunity to carve up the realm, ushering in the chaos of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. The Prince of Northern Zhou, Ben Zhong, was on the verge of unifying the realm when palace upheaval struck. He was deposed and murdered... Wang Qi'an escorts the orphaned heir of Northern Zhou out of the imperial city. Ambushed along the way, they narrowly escape death... Then come a baffling village mystery, a bloody case at a Taoist temple, Buddhist relics from Tianzhu, and a wondrous Taoist book... The Qin Emperor's Hall in the martial world, the hidden specters of Dongying... Underlying currents surge as chaos spreads...