The Copper Soul Chronicles: Before Yashan

Chronicles of the Bronze Soul: Before Yashan In 1276, as the Southern Song dynasty nears its end, the child emperor surrenders the imperial seal. But an urgent memorial from Guangxi blocks the dynasty’s last path to survival. The man who pens it is Shi Ge, a Yuan general. He knows that with this single stroke, he will become a sinner for the ages. That night, seven heroic souls from different eras enter his study: the slain king of Xi’ou, the Nong empress who founded a kingdom, the Qin bronze-soul master who guarded the Lingqu... They tell him that the land of Lingnan holds a spirit older than any dynasty. “If you submit the memorial, the Yuan army will seal off the two Guang provinces, and three years from now, a hundred thousand soldiers and civilians will plunge into the sea at Yashan.” “If you don’t, the remnants of the Southern Song will fight a bloody war across the mountains. Eight years of flames, a million corpses.” “If you betray the Yuan, all three hundred members of your clan will be beheaded and hung from the towers of Dadu tomorrow!” Trembling, Shi Ge sees the blood and fire awaiting him down every path. Whatever he chooses, mountains of corpses and seas of blood await. Whatever he chooses, he will be cursed for a thousand years. But he must choose. In the end, he submits the memorial. History rumbles toward the bloodbath at Yashan, just as he knows it will. No one knows that from that night onward, generals who once massacred cities began reducing taxes, while commanders who waged wars argued for opening the granaries to feed the starving. Fewer still know that beyond reality, a world called “Bronze Soul” quietly took him in, along with all the souls reduced to mere footnotes in the history books. This is a trial no one knows about: the epic tale of a sinner who, after making his choice, spends the rest of his life atoning. One thought can change the world. History is written by the victors, while heroic souls guard the graves of the defeated.