Lord of the Peach Blossom Spring

The so-called Peach Blossom Land is a realm of demons hidden from the world.

Its ruler is also the ruler of all demons.

But what no one expected was that the current ruler of Peach Blossom Land was a human.

The demons certainly hadn’t expected it, either.

In this world, martial arts flourished and a hundred schools of thought contended. The three kingdoms of Zhou, Qi, and Liang stood side by side, warring against one another without end.

After Chen Liu Wu narrowly escaped death and took control of Peach Blossom Land, he discovered that demons lurked everywhere behind the prosperous human world.

The master of the Golden Ox Martial Arts Hall on a Chang’an street corner really was a bull demon. The top courtesan at the Moonchaser Tower on Lake Tai was a fox in her true form. The Imperial Preceptor, seated high in the court, flicked a forked tongue.

Even the maids who served him food, dressed him, and warmed his bed had cat ears!

Chen Liu Wu: “Subduing female demons is my duty as the ruler of Peach Blossom Land!”

Many years later.

The Liang kingdom united the human world, becoming its second unified dynasty.

A curious tale began circulating through the palace.

When the Martial Emperor selected a consort for the night, the names on the tablets weren’t the consorts’ titles, but different animals.

There was a dragon, a cat, a fox, a panda, an ant, an orca...

What could these animals possibly represent?

For a time, the powerful families and nobles of the capital tried to divine the emperor’s intentions. The animals’ symbolism might determine the consorts’ status and the fate of the forces behind them...