Sacred Mountain

He was a legitimate emperor, but he was completely defeated in a battle that was almost certain to win. On the night when the city was destroyed, he escaped from the golden cicada's shell through the secret Taoist secret of Taizu, changed his name to "Mingji", and fled to the East China Sea. The obsession with restoring the country was like a gangrene in his bones, forcing him to put aside his dignity as an emperor, join forces with pirates, and get involved in the ambitious chess game of Japanese pirates' invasion of the south. However, fate pushed him to the more distant Ryukyu Islands - there were not only the strange and beautiful sacred mountains that appeared repeatedly in his dreams, but also a mystery of immortality that had been hidden for thousands of years. From the overt and covert struggles of the Three Kingdoms of Ryukyu, to the swords and shadows of Japanese feudal lords; from the holy relic "White Wood Seal" to the mysteriously missing "Black Earth"; from the sworn pursuit of old ministers, to the many traps set by opponents... Akira transformed into a true leader in the blood and fire, and also met the love of his life - Princess Haruko. Responsibility, desire and emotion are twisted into a noose, repeatedly entangled in his fate. When the person he cherishes the most is pushed to a desperate situation, and the only bargaining chip in his hand is the sacred object; when the sacred mountain mechanism suddenly opens, the legendary immortality is close at hand, but the price is cruel and suffocating. Faced with all this, what choice will he make? Color and emptiness, life and death, hatred and love, obsession and letting go. An emperor in trouble will eventually find his own answer on the East China Sea.