Tales of Tian Xun

Civil strife within the imperial family plunged the empire into chaos, inviting invasion by foreign tribes and setting the land ablaze with war. The northern powers and great clans migrated south as entire families, while the common people were reduced to beasts of burden for the invaders. For twenty years, rival regimes in the north and south waged war against one another. Yet the southern rulers dared not launch a northern campaign to reclaim their lost lands, choosing instead to cling to survival. Ritual and music fell into ruin, and the authority of the gods collapsed. Among the countless heroes rising from the people, who could end this age of strife?

In the martial world, what mysterious and inscrutable sect could provoke such bloodshed among both the martial world and the imperial court? And who was behind it all?

A young lord in a chaotic age, seeking to seize the throne and restore the Han people; a disgraced court official who rides into the martial world with his beloved, sword in hand, to roam the world; a ruler of common prosperity who shares food, clothing, and all under heaven with his people; a scholar who records the history of the court and the affairs of the martial world; and a Buddhist son who seeks the unity of the Great Way and salvation for all.