Original Title:西域列王纪
Author: Chen Jian
Raw Link :Â Xi Yu Lie Wang Fei
Male Lead: Tan Jian Ci
Female Lead: Zhou Yi Ran
In the autumn of 629 AD, during the third year of the Zhenguan era, Xuanzang embarked on his journey to the West, secretly crossing the desert frontier into the Western Regions. At this time, the Western Regions were on the brink of a great upheaval not seen in four centuries. That year, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, launched a campaign to annihilate the Eastern Turkic Khaganate.
Meanwhile, the Western Turkic Khagan, Tong Yabghu, was caught in the turmoil of war and peace. The kingdoms of the Western Regions were vying for control over the Silk Road, with smoke and flames of war rising. In the same year, the ancient Persian Empire suffered defeat in its war against Byzantium, as Byzantine and Western Turkic forces besieged Baghdad. Amidst the twilight of a declining dynasty, the Persian Emperor Khosrow II devised an unfathomable scheme—sending the legendary Vase of King David to Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty!
Thus began a strategic battle that would alter the geopolitical landscape of the seventh century, unfolding in the deserts of the Western Regions. The Western Regions harbored demons, and the Son of Buddha came from the East. This Vase of King David, infused with legend, magic, and mystery, ultimately collided with Xuanzang in the Western Regions.
Under the curse of the Vase of King David, the kings of Gaochang, Tukhara, two generations of Persian emperors, and four generations of Turkic khagans saw their nations fall and their souls perish. As the struggle between Buddha and demon neared its end, Xuanzang realized he had just stepped into an even more terrifying and mysterious journey.
