The main character is Dan Sayon, the son of a simple peasant from the village of Travnikov at the foot of Mt. Aine—one of the magical cultivation schools of this world—whose fate changed in one fateful night. Meeting a monk named Puchji becomes a turning point not only in the boy’s life, but in many, many others’ lives as well. Dan Sayon comes into possession of the most terrible and sinister artifact in the Middle Kingdom—the Blood Sphere, but the boy’s soul longs for light and justice. So what path will he ultimately choose? (c)