Rising to Power in Shu at the End of the Tang Dynasty

In troubled times, human lives are as worthless as grass. This is a bloody, chaotic, and brutal age! Huang Chao’s uprising has seized Chang’an and brought the Tang realm to collapse. Meanwhile, forces large and small, including Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Li Maozhen, and Qin Zongquan, carve up the land. In an age when rites and music have collapsed and the realm lies in ruins, anyone hoping to struggle on and become a local power is destined to make their way over mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Liu Sheng, who has some understanding of the overall state of the realm, rises from Xiaofeng County in Weizhou. He swears to contend with these warlords for control of the land. He knows this is a road that will never be easy...