Return in White Robes

With Qin fallen and Chu extinguished, the conflict between Chu and Han raged, dyeing the nine provinces in blood and fire. Su Heng, a young man from the bamboo groves of Fuling, entered the world bearing the secret arts of the Ghost Valley military strategists, navigating the disputes among Confucian, Mohist, Daoist, Legalist, and Yin-Yang schools. He traversed the martial world's perilous realms, discerning good and evil in men's hearts; he played the game of chess on the Central Plains' battlefields, swaying the rise and fall of nations. When the dust of war settled and the Han dynasty was established, nobles and kings offered him titles and lands, but he, in white robes, resolutely declined. The prosperous era was far from peaceful—imperial suspicion lurked, powerful ministers schemed endlessly, and remnants of chaos sought to reignite. The hundred schools' doctrines once again sparked conflict. Half a lifetime of bloodshed to end war, all for the peace of the common folk. After cleansing the world of its malice and rekindling the people's hearth fires, Su Heng cast aside his immense renown and retired to the bamboo groves of Cloud Mountain. The thousand-year hegemony turned to dust, yet his heart remained unstained. One volume of wind and dust hides a chaotic era; four volumes of mountains and rivers return in white robes. — Description from novelcodex.org