It seemed he had never had a family. From the time he could remember, young Wu Xinyu had struggled to get by alone in the imperial capital, scavenging trash and taking odd jobs. At fourteen, a chance encounter brought him together with Tu Yi, a boy his own age. The two were admitted to the most prestigious academy in the imperial capital, where Wu made all kinds of friends and learned all kinds of martial arts. Having endured countless trials, he was commissioned by the academy to travel to Jiayin Island in the middle of the South Sea. He was promised the chance to train in the Inner Cabinet once he completed the mission. But just as he set off, full of hope, a vast conspiracy was quietly beginning...
