Guangling Melody: The Broken Blade

Others practice the sword for immortality, invincibility, or dominion over the world. Shen Canfeng practices the sword by slowly giving up pieces of himself. The gong mode guards, discarding fear; The shang mode attacks, discarding hesitation; The jue mode traps, discarding hatred; The zhi mode breaks, discarding doubt; The yu mode conceals, discarding the self. He bears the Ji clan's charge to keep its secrets, the Huan clan's responsibility to campaign north, and the Jiang clan's blood feud. Three bloodlines weigh upon one man, with half a volume of qin music and a broken sword. The youth enters the world, making a mistake at every turn. Every strike brings victory, and every victory costs him another piece of his humanity. When all five modes are played together, the lost Guangling melody returns to the world And the world knows no more war. Only he forgets love and hate, forgets fate, forgets everyone. All that remains is a blacksmith's anvil playing music deep in the bamboo grove, and a bowl of warm porridge outside the door, with one more jujube each year. Sound has no sorrow or joy; people do. When the sword has no edge, make yourself its fuel.