Qin Shaoqing, a down-on-his-luck young city dweller, is dumped by his cheating girlfriend. To ease his heartbreak, his good buddy takes him on a road trip. As they pass through a tunnel, lightning flashes, and Qin suddenly transmigrates to the end of the Ming dynasty, where he becomes a hot commodity. Not only does a princess of the Chu royal family pursue him, declaring, “I’ll marry no one but you,” but he also joins forces with like-minded people to build an intelligence network. Amid the chaos of the age, Qin Shaoqing awakens to his grand ambitions and becomes an unlikely friend of Sun Chuanting. He keeps a low profile as he builds his strength, setting out on a sweeping campaign of conquest...
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