Lin Jingzhe, a doctor of modern history, accidentally traveled back in time to the tenth year of Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty and became Shen Yuan, the son of the Minister of Rites who was about to die of illness. Facing a dynasty that was about to collapse in only seven years, he used his knowledge and vision beyond the times to transform from a passive observer of history to a cautious planner. He began to seek a way out for himself and his family in the coming troubled times, and tried to flap the wings of butterflies to influence the direction of history.