Across the Passes and Mountains

Background: In the second year of the Jingkang reign, the iron hooves of the Jin army trampled Bianjing. The two emperors were taken captive and led north; a century of foundations collapsed in a single day. Amid the chaos of war, a legendary "Emperor's Sword" slipped into the mortal world, its whereabouts unknown. This sword was forged by the Mohist school with the strength of their entire clan. Legend held that whoever obtained it would win the realm. To spare the world from slaughter, seven guardians swore a blood oath at Mount Qi—to hide this sword from the world forever. In the hundred years that followed, those in the know died one by one. The oath was eroded by time, and the sword...