The Lantern Pavilion

A bronze ancient lamp, and a lifetime of blood debts.

Shen Yan has roamed the martial world for seven years, crossing desolate trails to settle the old grudge that wiped out his entire family. He is a lonely ghost, and should never have let himself be touched by the warmth of the living.

Cold rain falls over the blue-gray flagstones of Jiangnan. Deep in a long alley stands an old bookstore.

Inside, Su Wan sits quietly with her books. A little warmth from her light suddenly pierces the heart he has kept frozen for years.

Lu Yan, his former fellow disciple, lived through that massacre alongside him. They escaped death together, but chose two entirely different paths. Lu Yan urges him to let go of his obsession: revenge will eventually turn a person into an evil ghost. But the hatred in Shen Yan's blood and bones will not let him turn back halfway.

A blade of vengeance before him, tenderness behind.

Bound by a destiny of revenge for all his life, he encounters a fleeting taste of warmth and ordinary life.

A slow-burn wuxia story in the style of Gu Long. No peerless martial arts, just the tug-of-war in people's hearts and the dilemma of love and hate. The road ahead is full of deadly dangers. As revenge draws near, should he carry his lamp toward vengeance, or hold on to this rare tenderness of the human world?