When the drums of war sound, will he answer…

Lu Sen returns home to come to grips with what he did to the Twisted Blade Sect. But the seeming peace found in Gale’s Bastion is just an illusion.

Elsewhere, the quiet violence of the spirit beasts has finally given way to true war. As villages and towns are swept away by the tide, Sen must embrace an unwanted responsibility: return to the capital and secure a stronghold for humanity. But humanity has never been good at finding common ground.

As tensions mount, the always tenuous political landscape fractures, and Sen is thrust into the role of tyrant. Faced with the prospect of a siege, will Sen rise to greatness or leave the bickering mortal nobility to reap what their discord has sown?

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