Floating Life’s Ashes, Hemwood’s Sorrow

Floating Life’s Ashes, Hemwood’s Sorrow Plot:

Lin Wantang, a herbalist in Hemwood Village on the northern border, lives by guarding her master’s herb fields. One snowy night, she rescues Xiao Jin, a wounded, amnesiac man. As they bond, Xiao Jin feels drawn to the hemwood totem in the fields—which is the emblem of Xuanjin, the God of War from a century ago. Once, Lin was Xuanjin’s military doctor, sacrificing herself to shield him from a fatal curse; Xuanjin was cursed to cycle through “searching for his lost love.” Now, enemies invade to steal the “Hemwood Spirit” (said to resurrect the dead), and Xiao Jin’s memories return. Faced with his past love and the collapsing village, he must choose between “mending regrets” and “protecting the present.” Meanwhile, the half-iron token Lin hides holds a bigger secret…