Ash Soil

Tens of thousands of years after the Burning Sky catastrophe, the Ember Crown Empire rebuilt civilization on the ruins. The forbidden area in the center of the continent is still a place of death, and the power of destruction remains in the ashes. Those who go deep into it will surely die. The empire and the Ash Church have teamed up to cover up a shocking secret: the first emperor was a man who came out of the restricted area, and the forbidden power flows in the royal blood. The story begins when the empire's eastern front is in crisis and Emperor Jin leads the expedition in person. The young prince Theo Ashton, who stayed in the imperial capital, was in a delicate situation in the dispute between his brothers; Duncan North, the heir to the north, was ordered to return to the capital to convey military information, but he did not know that there was a secret order behind it; Cardinal Augustine knew that church teachings were all lies, but chose to remain silent in the cracks of power. At the same time, Reid, a street thief in the imperial capital, took a job he shouldn't have taken, and embarked on the road to escape with the gray-blooded awakener Jace. The jade token in Jace's hand pointed to the truth that had been buried deep in the restricted area for tens of thousands of years. This is a multi-POV low-magic fantasy epic that revolves around the truth about the restricted area, royal blood, church lies, and power games.