Iron and Bone: A Song of Sorrow in the Great Song

In the second year of the Jingkang era, Bianjing fell. The Great Song lost half its territory, and the realm descended into chaos.

Yue Fei rode north with his spear, determined to reclaim the homeland, willing to stake his life on it.

Zhao Gou, seated on the dragon throne, kept a secret: he came from a thousand years in the future and had once been Yue Fei's admirer. At first, he wanted to marshal the whole nation's strength to support the northern campaign. But he soon saw reality clearly: he had no control over the court, and the Great Song was nothing like he had imagined. Civil officials formed factions, military commanders schemed for their own ends, and the Jin watched hungrily from the sidelines. Countless bonds shackled the emperor. He tried with all his might to save Yue Fei, yet was pushed step by step into a dead end. In the end, he could only send the hero he admired to his death with his own hands, bearing a curse that would echo through the ages.

Dugu Ao was once the young master of a distinguished clan, sent north on a mission. Along the way, he witnessed Zhang Shuye die for his country and Yue Fei fight bloodily on the battlefield, and changed his mind. The righteous path branded him a traitor, and his fellow disciples broke with him. So he founded a demonic sect of his own. The world called him a fiend, but only he knew what he meant to protect.

Yue Fei wanted to preserve the Great Song.

Zhao Gou wanted to save Yue Fei.

Dugu Ao wanted to help Yue Fei.

Three people, three goals, and not one of them accomplished.

Three men, three different paths, all caught in the furnace of a troubled age. Iron chains bind the realm, and bones forge the human heart. Everyone fights with all they have, yet none can turn back the tide of history.