A 16th-century German knight is pulled from everything he knows into a world of magic, gods, and monsters. Leon Jäger lives by a simple code — repay kindness generously, and slights with total destruction — and he intends to keep living by it, even in a place where none of the rules make sense.
To survive, he must master Qi cultivation while concealing his abilities from those who would exploit them, navigating a world where Eastern mysticism and Western chivalry collide.
A stoic 16th-century German knight is thrust into a foreign world of magic, gods, and monsters. Struggling to comprehend powers beyond his imagining, Leon Jäger must master Qi cultivation while hiding his abilities — all without losing himself in the process.
Leon is drawn to the cliffside city of Wavecrest, where deeper dangers lurk beneath the surface. The world of Qi and cultivation grows more complex — and more treacherous — with every step he takes.
Leon and his companions enter a vast and merciless desert, where survival demands more than strength. At its heart is Oasis — a town built around a vital spring, where treachery and ambition thrive beneath the shifting sands.
When a friend is taken deep into elven lands, Leon follows — into a nation that treats his very existence as an offense. Among ancient grudges and political schemes, he must fight to retrieve what's his without starting a war.
Leon is cast into a savage wilderness and stripped of his primary Affinity. Forced to master an unfamiliar power, he faces towering behemoths in a brutal landscape that demands he rise or die forgotten in the snow.
Leon and his companions find themselves inside a mighty Ziggurat as the playthings of a mysterious god, navigating floor after floor of trials while trouble brews closer to home.
Landing on the continent of the Demihumans — a people long subjugated and deeply distrustful of outsiders — Leon is immediately caught in a conflict between opposing factions, while a familiar new threat emerges and famine claims innocent lives.
Clan Jäger takes to the high seas, where Qi is scarce and the Blight has found its way to what might otherwise be paradise. Pirates compound the danger as Leon and his crew navigate treacherous waters and everything the archipelago can throw at them.