I had just stepped out of one door.
Then I entered another.
That door was a passage connecting **the four corners of the world across all ages. There, I saw the Xia, the dawn of the Chinese people; the fierce and fearless Shang; the civilized and courteous Zhou; the Qin, whose hegemony swept all beneath heaven; the peerless Han; the mighty Sui, invincible wherever they went; and the prosperous, powerful, and spirited Tang...
I have been there!
I have witnessed it!
I have lived through it!
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.
