A miraculous journey between two worlds, from the thunder of artillery on the anti-Japanese battlefields of North China to the wars of the late Northern Song Dynasty... When the soldiers of the Independent Regiment witness Jin forces burning, looting, and slaughtering their way across the Central Plains, they are enraged. They leave the Taihang Mountains, capture Taiyuan Prefecture, and lay siege to Kaifeng. Then comes the Chenqiao Mutiny... and the Song Empire is born.
When the Eastern dragon awakens once more, it brings the world more than just brutal military conquest. It unleashes a sweeping campaign of influence across military, economic, cultural, and public-opinion fronts. From the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions, then on to the Seljuk Empire, the Arab Empire, and the Roman Empire... the Huaxia people ultimately become what they once despised.