I Will Not Ferry You, I Will Not Ferry You

Autumn of the seventh year of Chengxuan. A boat carrying corpses returned along the canal to the Divine Capital. In the Battle of Juelong Ridge, Duke of Zhen Guo Mu Zhan was branded a traitor who had colluded with the enemy, and the entire Mu clan was wiped out. Everyone believed Mu Qingyun, the duke's daughter, had long since been buried beneath the northern sands. Yet she survived a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and returned to the capital as one of the dead, carrying a chipped, broken saber called No Crossing. Buddha will not deliver the suffering. Heaven will not right the wrongs. To clear her father's name and uncover the shocking conspiracy behind the secret treasure, the Map of Deliverance, she entered the deadly game alone. Song Lian, a poor scholar from the Hanlin Academy, wielded his brush to argue right from wrong on her behalf. Ajiu, a one-handed artisan from the Ghost Market, helped her unravel mechanisms and puzzles. Political struggles at court raged, undercurrents swirled through the martial world, and the emperor sought to seize immortality through a formation powered by the nation's fortune. Her sworn uncle from years past betrayed them and joined the enemy, while the great clans and imperial power clashed. She faced bloodshed and flashing blades at every turn, while one trusted companion after another gave their life. Mu Qingyun had seen the hypocrisy of the court and the dangers of the martial world, and watched the faint lights in her hands go out one by one. She sought neither noble rank nor romance. She wanted only to tear apart the false formation built on the nation's fortune and proclaim to the world: This realm has never needed human sacrifices. When the three volumes of the map were burned to ashes, the court of Great Jing fell apart. Her vengeance complete, she had no desire to stay. She left with her saber on her back and vanished into the boundless sea.