An Era of Wild Grass and Desolation

Warlords divide the land, and the realm is split in two. The landscape is breathtaking, and beauty is matched by cunning.

A love held captive, a family bond that will not yield even in death, and three brothers fighting tooth and nail for half the empire... The path to power is a staircase built from flesh and blood. Every step brings schemes and resentment, without end.

Once the dust settles and the bones lie in heaps, will there still be room for the feelings they had at the beginning?

She is a white rose, pure and thorny. In this turbulent age, she drifts through the chaos, leaving herself battered and bloodied.

He is a dimly lit lamp, waiting for her for years, until at last he burns himself out and sinks into a sea of suffering.

When she looks back, she suddenly understands: there was someone who had quietly guarded the years she passed through. He seemed to have nothing to do with her, yet loved her through all that long, long time.