Top special forces soldier Liu Degeng opens his eyes to find himself in the body of an ancient gambler with the same name, nicknamed "Skinny Monkey." His home is bare, his debts are sky-high, and a local tyrant is at his door. He even pawned his stunning wife to his enemy! Worse still, the original owner was a violent scumbag who beat his wife at the slightest provocation, and she trembles at the sight of him.
"A hellish start? Hell is exactly the kind of dungeon I conquer!"
He grabs a carrying pole and thrashes the local tyrant! He heads into the mountains alone and strangles a white-fronted tiger with his bare hands! His frail body erupts with the overwhelming power of a top soldier, shaking the countryside.
Yet the tiger's corpse brings more than an offer from Magistrate Zhu Wenbing. It also reveals a glimpse of the dynasty's festering corruption. Assassins from the mysterious Ming Cult bear ghost-face tattoos on their arms and cry, "Tai Sui descends into the abyss; the sun and moon shall begin anew!" They even dare to assassinate a court official in the street! The magistrate has no troops or weapons, making it nearly impossible to suppress bandits and quell rebellion.
See how a modern special forces soldier, in an ancient world on the brink of chaos, forges a military spirit through blood and iron, untangles mysteries with strategy, crushes heretical cults, puts down rebellions, and stabilizes the realm. He will personally end the mad dream of "the sun and moon beginning anew" and forge a bloody legend, rising from a scoundrel to a pillar of the state!
