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