This is the sunset before dusk, the feast before the end of the world. No one wants to believe this is their final revel.
When smoke rises on every horizon and prosperity fades, everything comes into question: love, ideals, faith, the value of existence...
Guo Ziyi is dashing, charming, and free-spirited, but years of warfare have left him pitying himself: “Sleeping in the wild, my soul startled awake; drinking ice, my bones ache.”
Li Guangbi, “his battle robes coated in dust year after year,” gives his all, only to be suspected and regarded by the court as a threat to the state.
After rebuilding their homes amid the ruins, their youth, too, has flowed away like water, never to return...
“The Great Tang” fills the Chinese people with pride and confidence. The “Kaiyuan Golden Age” sets their blood ablaze.
The An Lushan Rebellion sends the Great Tang from its peak into the depths. Whenever storms darken the land, the rooster's crow never ceases.
When the realm teeters on the brink of collapse, Li Guangbi and Guo Ziyi turn the tide and serve their country with unwavering loyalty.
But when the fires of war die out, yesterday's heroes become superfluous. Where will they go from here?
