Settled Seas and Crystal-Clear Streams

In the kingdom of Chen, a land ruled by the Helan Clan. Since ascending the throne, the new emperor has paid no mind to governance, instead focusing his efforts on the alchemical path and ascending to immortality. In the imperial palace, the imperial family and palace courtiers squander vast riches, while in the vast lands outside, a rotten air settles over the country. Tyranny, extortion, corruption, and calamities crush the Chen kingdom’s common folk, leaving them penniless and starving, while mass graves cover the land in place of villages. However, from within the rotting House of Helan, two piercingly cold eyes watch over the country. Helan Qing is the seventh princess of the Tianr...