Three Kingdoms: The Three Sovereigns Personally Select Heroes to Descend to Earth

Qin unified the Nine Provinces, ending centuries of division. Then came the rivalry between Chu and Han, a struggle between dragons and tigers. Gaozu defeated the Overlord and founded the Great Han Dynasty in Chang’an. Wang Mang usurped the Han throne, plunging the realm into turmoil, until Liu Xiu rose from humble beginnings, restored the Han Dynasty, established his capital at Luoyang, and prolonged the Han legacy. Yet from the reigns of Emperors Huan and Ling onward, eunuchs seized power and the court grew ever more corrupt. The realm stood on the brink of collapse.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion erupted, ushering in an age of chaos. Warlords vied for supremacy and fought to dominate the Central Plains. Emperor Wu of Jin conquered the Three Kingdoms and united them under Luoyang, but he could not reverse the decline. Emperor Hui was feeble-minded, Empress Jia was ruthless, and the Rebellion of the Eight Princes drained the empire’s strength. The Five Barbarians ravaged the Central Plains. The elite fled south, the dynasty crumbled, and the people sank into a night that lasted more than three hundred years. Bones lay exposed in the wilderness, and for a thousand li not a chicken crowed.

The resentment of countless vengeful spirits rose to the heavens and stirred the ancient Three Sovereigns. Moved by the people’s long suffering, the Three Sovereigns could not hold back their compassion. They personally summoned the spirits of heroes from every age to descend into the world and help a wise ruler reclaim the realm, unite the Nine Provinces, defeat foreign invaders, and bring peace to all under heaven.