A Tempest in the Sea of Power

The road to power stretches on, its waters roiling.

Xu Tao, who has just joined the civil service, never dreamed that on his very first day reporting for duty, he would stumble upon a superior’s secret affair and be banished to Nanwan Village as its First Secretary. Is someone deliberately trying to suppress him? Even so, they cannot hold back the surging currents of officialdom. Watch Xu Tao take one careful step at a time, climb a thousand-rung ladder, and carve out a path to the top.