The Meteor Iron Blade Master: Defying the Zhou Dynasty

When the Zhou usurped the Tang, heaven's punishment weighed heavy. The Xue family, loyal for generations, was slaughtered, their martial lineage extinguished overnight. Ding Lie, a personal servant boy, witnessed the bloodshed at the Vermilion Sparrow Gate execution ground and saw his master Xue Dingshan face death with composure. In desperation, the Old Mother of Mount Li, seeing his loyalty defy heaven, broke tradition and took him to Mount Li, teaching him for five years and awakening the only surviving Meteor Iron Loyal Blade lineage of the Xue family. Bearing a deep grievance, hidden blade arts, and the ambition to secretly overthrow the Zhou, Ding Lie quietly re-enters the world. A grand scheme spanning the martial world, the court, immortal sects, the Western Regions, and the ghost gate begins to unfold. A mere servant, wielding a broken blade, guarding loyalty, restoring the Tang, suppressing the ghost gate, and defying the Zhou! — Description from novelcodex.org