In 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang died.
Prince Fusu, who was overseeing the construction of the Great Wall in the north, received an order from the First Emperor to take his own life.
Fusu was the First Emperor's eldest son and was regarded as the heir who would become Qin Er Shi.
The First Emperor had died of illness while touring the empire, and only a handful of senior officials traveling with him knew the truth.
Could the order have been forged?
Fusu's tutor, Chunyu Yue, and the accompanying great general, Meng Tian, questioned the order, but Fusu had made up his mind and eventually took his own life.
Chunyu Yue wanted to follow the prince in death, but Meng Tian ordered him to “go north.”
Far to the north, at Lake Baikal, was said to live a divine beast with the power of immortality that the First Emperor had pursued for so long.
Chunyu Yue encountered a woman who guarded the beast's home, and began a new life in the mysterious forest beside the lake.
Meanwhile, the chaotic Qin dynasty was falling into
