At the end of a certain dynasty, the five great sects of the Central Plains were locked in open and covert struggles, their conflicts growing ever more bitter. Meanwhile, the court squandered its wealth, officials grew insatiably corrupt, and refugees rose up across the land. The dynasty was on the brink of collapse. Liu Zhongqiu was an ordinary man caught up in it all. What should he choose to do, and what could he possibly accomplish...?