After transmigrating to the late Eastern Han dynasty, Bai Shu lies low for seventeen years, waiting for Zhang Jue to raise his arms and cry, "The Azure Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall rise!" He waits for warlords to carve up the land, ready to stir up trouble in a chaotic age.
Then Zhang Jue wins. The Eight Thousand Yellow Turban Warriors rout Huangfu Song's forces, and Emperor Ling, Liu Hong, hastily cedes territory and pays reparations.
The following month, the eight great sects arrive in Luoyang together. Each gives Liu Hong a kick, knocking him off his imperial bed, then plants a foot on his backside and forces him to issue an imperial edict.
That's right, Bai Shu never got to see the warlords carve up the land or the realm split into three. Spiritual qi revival came first.
