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[Plot + Swordsmanship + Dynasty Struggle + Rivers and Lakes + Court] In the seventh year of the founding of the Qian Dynasty, Li Yuanqing fought his way out of a group of princes, took over the highest authority of the dynasty, and founded Yonghe. In the first year of Yonghe, the demons invaded. Xu Qinghuan, then a general of the Forbidden Army, was ordered to lead an army of 300,000 to repel the demons outside Yanmen Pass. In this battle, Xu Qinghuan broke through the life-and-death barrier in front of the formation and was promoted to Tongxuan. In the realm, a sword broke seven thousand armors. The demon army was defeated and fled into the sunset wasteland north of Mobei. Xu Qinghuan led his army to pursue and killed the demon king on the bank of the vast sea. After returning to the court in triumph, he was canonized as the Marquis of Zhenguo. In the same year, Xu Qinghuan married the eldest princess Li Wangyue. Li Wangyue gave birth to a son the following year. Because the sky was full of fire on the day of delivery, Xu Qinghuan named him Xu Beichen. In the ninth year of Yonghe, during the Shangyuan Festival, the sky was flooded with fire again. Xu Qinghuan and Kong Xiang, a Zen disciple of Chengtian Temple, were sitting in the Zhenguo Marquis' Mansion to discuss Taoism. During this time, the two had an inexplicable dispute. Xu Qinghuan was so angry that he drew his sword and killed Monk Kongxiang with a sword outside the Zhenguo Marquis' Mansion. Li Yuanqing received the news, and under the pressure of Chengtian Temple, he had no choice but to order Xu Qinghuan to be arrested. Xu Qinghuan confessed and was captured, and committed suicide outside Taiji Palace. All parties heard the news and took action, trying to completely overthrow the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion. That night, Li Wangyue died of love. Before she died, she left Xu Beichen in the care of a mysterious man. This man took Xu Beichen to Mobei, and has not been heard from since. Ten years later, Xu Beichen walked out of Mobei with one man and one sword and returned to Chang'an, the capital. That day, there was snow all over the sky, and his story began!