During the reign of Renzong in the Northern Song Dynasty, there was an undercurrent in Bianjing. The unknown craftsman Shen Mo broke into the imperial capital alone with a secret technique that could overthrow the dynasty - improved movable type printing. The greedy engraving guild wanted to crush him into dust, the stubborn scholars denounced him for "blaspheming the sacred knowledge", and the maelstrom of power and conspiracy wanted to swallow up this strange fire. When the Xixia cavalry broke through the border, a banned book, a burning flame of Confucianism, and a life-threatening printing duel in front of the imperial court turned the cold clay characters into the key to saving the country...
**Is knowledge a weapon or an original sin? **
**Can the lone fire of a small craftsman ignite the thunder that burned down the Iron Curtain for thousands of years? **
