[Age of Prosperity Arc] Li Ming, a “witness to history,” crossed time in consciousness and surveyed the prosperous eras of four dynasties: the Han, Sui, Tang, and Qing. He lived through the “currency maze” of the Rule of Wen and Jing, saw through the “shadows of tyranny” during the Kaihuang era, uncovered the “cultural illusion” of the Zhenguan era, and witnessed the “twilight of empire” during the High Qing. Beneath the glow of prosperity, Li Ming discerned the inevitable pattern of dynasties rising and falling, along with the unspoken worries and crises hidden behind their splendor.
[Age of Decline Arc] Having learned from the rise and fall of prosperous eras, Li Ming would no longer be merely a spectator to history. He would become an agent of change, traveling through the periods of decline of four other dynasties. This time, his goal was not to expose the lies behind prosperity, but to do everything in his power to change the course of history and keep the dynasties from sliding into a chaotic abyss of war. Drawing on the patterns and weaknesses he had observed in prosperous times, he would take on a new identity and use new strategies to turn the tide in the storm-tossed final years, striving to rewrite the dynasties' fates and prevent the tragedy of countless lives lost.
