I transmigrated into an alternate world in the "Age of Great Strife," where seven kingdoms vie for supremacy, and discovered that the Hundred Schools of Thought hide martial arts legacies. Society is rigidly stratified, and people from humble backgrounds have little chance to rise. The common-born clash with the great clans, while forces in the martial world and the imperial court battle for power. But I have a cheat: every time I cross a prestige threshold, I unlock a new ability. By playing the fool to catch the tiger off guard, I keep up my "scholar" persona.