During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, heroes competed with each other, the world was torn apart, swords flashed, kingdoms changed hands, and heroes emerged in large numbers. In this turbulent and troubled world, the love and hatred of family and country are intertwined with the struggle for power. The weak struggle for survival and the strong fight for hegemony.
Han Guiyuan, a scholar from a scholarly family, originally had the ambition to help the world, but he was involved in the whirlpool of troubled times. In exile from Chang'an, he witnessed the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the brutality of the Later Liang Dynasty, the rise of the Later Tang Dynasty and the wars of the Later Zhou Dynasty. In this ever-changing power struggle, he gradually grew from a scholar to a powerful hero, with both wisdom and courage, but he also lost himself in the collision of intrigue and ideals.
In troubled times, he met Yan Yun, the heroine who fought alongside him, and went through life and death with her, walking hand in hand through the darkest times; he also met Su Miaolian, a famous prostitute with a mysterious identity and thoughtful thoughts, with whom he became entangled, and his emotions swayed on the edge of a knife. Facing the alliance between Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Guo Wei, Chai Rong, Zhao Kuangyin and other powerful figures, Han Guiyuan searched for his final destination in life, death and betrayal.
