When the soul from a thousand years later fell into the beacon purgatory in Tianbao's last years, the trajectory of history was quietly deflected amidst the light and shadow of swords.
Jing Hao, a modern man who accidentally broke into the ruins of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, started as a horse soldier in the Gobi Desert. He used a first aid kit to suture his wounds, used a marching pot to boil hope, and used wisdom beyond the times to carve out a glimmer of life in troubled times. He witnessed the prosperity of Chang'an turned into scorched earth under the iron heel of the rebels, witnessed the mountains of corpses and seas of blood in Xiangji Temple, and witnessed Zhang Xun's broken bones and determination in Suiyang.
Guo Ziyi's discerning eye pushed him to the center of the historical torrent. He stood side by side with Li Guangbi, played chess with Li Mi, struggled in the mud of the Battle of Yecheng, and fought to the death on the ice fields invaded by Tibet. Not only must he fight to the death with An Lushan's cavalry, but he must also deal with the flash of swords and shadows above the court; he must not only resist the wolf ambitions of Tubo and Huihe, but also must face the fierce collision between modern thought and feudal ethics.
He longed to end the troubled times, but he had to ignite the beacon of reform with his own hands and touch the foundation of the feudal town and the noble clan; he wanted to protect his comrades, but he saw clearly the darkness of human nature in the whirlpool of power. When the pawn grows into a generation of generals, when the traveler's ideals collide with the serious illness of the Tang Dynasty, the tearing of identity, the cruelty of war, and the choice of friendship will eventually forge him into the sharpest blade to break the Anshi Rebellion.
From the bloody setting sun in Chang'an to the beacon smoke filling the sky in Yecheng, from the broken mountains and rivers in Helong to the turbulent undercurrents in the court, let's see how a soul from the future can rebuild the backbone of the Tang Dynasty in a desperate situation amidst the great changes unseen in eight hundred years.
