The Last Sword Venerable

"Wow! Brother Laiheng, look how beautiful it is!" Chen Min'er exclaimed, pointing at the cliffs on either side of the ravine, where enormous red flowers bloomed.

"Brother Laiheng, Master Song. The Empress Dowager orders you both to attend a banquet at Ciqing Palace promptly at the You hour today. She has important matters to discuss. I've delivered the message. I'm off!"

Her throat suddenly tightened. At last, silent tears spilled from her eyes and rolled down her cheeks.

She gazed at the cold, desolate night sky and staggered toward the cliff's edge...

"Though our spirits soar to the clouds, our hearts are tender still.

For home and country, a hero would gladly die on the battlefield!"

Li Zicheng, leader of the late-Ming peasant uprising, was defeated and killed at Jiugong Mountain. In the third year of the Kangxi reign, his grandnephew Li Laiheng, Lady Gao, and the rest of their forces fought their way out against the Qing army.

Afterward, Li Laiheng encountered one stroke of fortune after another, winning the hearts of several beautiful young women along the way. After enduring countless trials, he founded his own sword sect and led his followers in cultivating until they became gods. They called it the Spirit Sword Sect...