The Lone Boat Returns to the Hidden

During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, a time of chaos and war, Shen Guzhou, an orphan from Qingniu Village, was raised by a farmer. He is taciturn but possesses extraordinary martial arts skills from a broken ancient manual called Guizang, which he has cultivated for eighteen years. A mysterious corpse with a scorched wound disrupts the village's peace, revealing clues to Shen Guzhou's origins—his birthmark and a jade pendant found near the body suggest he might be the missing crown prince of Wuyue. To uncover the truth, he ventures into the treacherous world of martial arts and politics, encountering masked assassins, a marquis who collects human skin scrolls, and solving poison murders and secret letter conspiracies. Each step brings him closer to the secret of Guizang and his royal heritage.