He is Zhu Qizhen, the captive emperor who was brought low. Defeated in a single battle, he became a laughingstock to all the world. He once wanted to make a name for himself through great deeds, but the grassland winds were too cold, slowly eating away at the reckless ideals of his youth...
She is Baili Ying, the immortal maiden of Mount Shu, fallen into a dream. By chance, she discovers a scroll about Youquan in the library. As she delves deeper, she uncovers one strange, tangled tale after another, along with a web of old grudges and feuds: a beautiful young man who writes a thousand years of poetry with carefree ease in his dreams, an eerie shopkeeper like a black cat, and a bewitching, sensual madam aboard a red-painted pleasure boat...
Clues slowly weave themselves into a spiderweb, and the boundary between dream and reality begins to blur, leaving her restless and anxious...
The martial world and the imperial court are rife with upheaval. Treacherous ministers and eunuchs run rampant alongside demons, while heroes, great warriors, immortals, and swordsmen emerge from every corner to set this troubled age right.
Who is desperately resisting this frenzied fate...?