Iron Sleeves Guard the Realm

Title: Iron Sleeves Guard the Realm

Synopsis:

During the Jinglong reign, the Yong Dynasty appears peaceful across the land, but beneath the surface, dark currents surge. The powerful chancellor Zhao Yanzhi controls the court and conspires with the mysterious organization Rakshasa Island, bringing the martial world to ruin and leaving the loyal and virtuous buried in obscurity.

Liu Xun, prefect of Jiangzhou, is known to everyone as a low-ranking, unimpressive official who rose to power on the strength of his family's influence. He has a hunched back and a limp. A popular saying goes, "Better provoke the King of Hell than cross Liu the Hunchback." Yet no one knows that beneath this seemingly frail shell lies an unparalleled martial art: Iron Sleeve Technique.

Wind stirs within his sleeves, shattering metal and stone; his righteous spirit can sever rivers.

While corrupt officials still laugh at him as weak and easy to bully, Liu Xun has already used an inspection tour as cover to explore Ghostcry Valley by night, shattering the Caobang's hundred thousand silver notes with a single arm. When the chancellor's experts lay a net to take his life, Liu Xun stands in the great hall and blocks the imperial sword bestowed by the emperor with nothing but a writing brush.

From humble Jiangzhou to the heights of the imperial court, Liu Xun bears the mystery of his origins and walks the boundary between imperial power and the martial world. He must face not only the demonic specters from overseas at Rakshasa Island, but also fight to the death with his unfathomable twin brother beside the city moat.

This is a novel about what it means to "protect."

To protect the Great Yong's land from harm, and to protect the righteous spirit in one's heart.

Watch as this stooped figure uses a pair of iron sleeves to subdue the entire realm in these chaotic times!