The Astonishing Blade

Pei Jinghong is a second-class guard at the Taifeng Carriage Company in Liangzhou, scraping by on brute strength alone. Everything changes when his second uncle, on his deathbed, entrusts him with the "Innate Health-Preserving Life-Extending Heart Sutra," and the Blazing Sun Blade Lord teaches him the "Blazing Sun Blade Manual." With his Ren and Du meridians opened, he truly steps into the jianghu. He guards an iron sword, swears brotherhood, braves the Red Pavilion, and enters the demon sect, getting drawn from the small town of Liangzhou into the tangled conflicts of the Sword Alliance, the Blade League, the Iron Horse Manor, and the Tang Clan. And Shen Zhaoying of the Blue Phoenix of Mount Hua—her every smile and glance—pulls him into a whirlpool of grudges that spans both righteous and evil factions. As his martial arts grow, his identity becomes a mystery—why did his parents disappear all those years ago? What sparked the feud between the demon sect and the righteous Sword Alliance? When all factions gather in Chuanzhou, a storm of antidotes, loyalty, and origins is quietly descending right where his blade points. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Astonishing Blade — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠