When Shen Ni, the empire’s foremost machinist, returns home victorious from battle against their long-standing foe, the emperor showers her with rewards, including the hand in marriage of the woman she had loved in her youth — Bian Jin. Bian Jin had once been the empire’s sharpest blade: a weapon in human form whose very…

“You think you have anything to offer me?” “I can… take care of horses.” He is the King of the Northern Territory, a god of slaughter revered by all. She is the daughter of a traitor, a once-noble lady fallen to the status of a s*ave. A stranger from another world, she crosses paths with…