The Dayu Dynasty has gone through three hundred years of ups and downs, and now the building is about to collapse. Above the court, treacherous officials exercised power, formed cliques for personal gain, imperial examinations were corrupt, and buying offices and titles was common; among the people, taxes were heavy, famines continued, people were displaced, and people died of hunger everywhere. The Dayu tribe in the north became increasingly powerful. They repeatedly invaded the frontiers, burned, killed and looted, and Dayu's army retreated steadily. But today's Holy Emperor is cowardly in nature, addicted to pleasure, indifferent to government affairs, and is at the mercy of treacherous ministers...
In this precarious situation, undercurrents of forces from all sides are surging, the remnants of the previous dynasty are ready to move, and heroes from the world have appeared one after another, trying to find a place in this troubled world.