The Destined Formation Breaker

In another era, as the Three Kingdoms stood in a three-way standoff, a battle for supremacy was quietly unfolding amid a fantastical age of chaos. The Cao clan of fire, the Liu clan of wood, the Sun clan of water, the barbarian beastfolk of the west, and the court that guarded the central earth and ruled the four directions. These five powers kept one another in check as they fought for dominion over the realm. Then, a mysterious force from the dark waters suddenly appeared: the merfolk. What did they want? And what earth-shattering conspiracy lay hidden behind this chaotic struggle for dominion?