He drank the strong wine of the Hongwu Dynasty, saw the sea frontiers of Yongle, got drunk in the warm wind of Renxuan, and sighed in front of the elixir fire of Jiajing.
Time stood still for him, and history changed before his eyes.
From the bowl of soup in front of Empress Ma's bed, to the brutal wars in the Jianwen period, to the peak of the dynasty in the Yongle period, to the prosperity and peace in the Renxuan period, to the precipice of the Zhengtong period, to the desire for immortality in the Jiajing period, to the white silk around Emperor Chongzhen's waist, the rise and fall of the dynasty over three hundred years. It was just a dream to him...
——Until the Manchu cavalry broke through Shanhaiguan, the immortal finally emerged from the shadow of history, revealing his sharp edge that had been sharpened by time.