The Rise of Yuanwu

In the thirty-first year of the Yuanwu era,

Japanese pirates invaded the Wu Kingdom through Yanzhou.

Three thousand heavily armored cavalry rode out from Shanhe Pass. They rode black horses, wore black armor, and carried long black-shafted spears. Their faces were hidden behind masks painted like martial opera masks. Led by a young man and raising the black Anti-Pirate Banner, they slaughtered countless pirates!

Many years later, Su Qin stood at Shanhe Pass and looked back toward the Wu Kingdom.

He had once been a wastrel despised by everyone.

He had once been a merchant wealthier than the state itself.

And he had been the sharp blade that kept the court in check!

Yet all along the road he had traveled, the ground was strewn with countless bones...