Blood Prison Jianghu

Blood Prison Jianghu is a traditional wuxia novel by the web author Tian Yuhan, serialized on Qidian.com from June 1, 2016, and completed in August 2019. At roughly 4.76 million Chinese characters, it is the first book of the author's "Jianghu Tetralogy." The story begins on a snowy night in Fengcheng in the north: an infant in swaddling clothes is delivered to the Prince of Wu's mansion by a young woman, and his origins remain a mystery. Years later, this boy, who grew up on the margins of the mansion in an awkward position, undergoes trials, learns martial arts, and searches for where he came from in a jianghu full of schemes and intrigue, struggling repeatedly among love and hate, gratitude and betrayal, and answering the injustices done to him in the spirit of swift vengeance. The title "Blood Prison Jianghu" states its theme: when the order of the jianghu sinks into a prison of blood, even a Buddha will grip the butcher's knife; after passing through his darkest years, the protagonist is reborn like a phoenix. The novel uses the techniques of traditional wuxia to write of scheming and sect feuds, with tightly linked plots and constant peril, vivid characters, and exhilarating fight scenes, while using a youth's growth to explore revenge, chivalry, and human feeling.