After My Comeback, Your Head's Too Big to Hide

In the forty-fifth year of the Nan Dynasty, the emperor is murdered by his son, who seizes the throne. The new emperor strips the ministers aligned with the Crown Prince of their offices and has them beheaded. To consolidate his rule, he spares the Crown Prince's life.

Years later, a female general rises from the battlefield on the frontier, while an old acquaintance emerges from a coastal city. They once thought each other enemies, but discover they are allies. What they thought was merely a path of revenge only grows broader as they travel it. What, in the end, do people pursue in this life? Some stop at nothing for power; some use every means to obtain wealth; some spend their lives alone for the greater good; some spend their whole lives searching for themselves; and some become hopelessly entangled in love...