When the dynasty is about to overthrow, how does a terminal scholar, who is trapped by fate, use his strategy and iron blood to ignite the spark of reconstruction in the troubled times where the heroes are divided? From a grand historical perspective, the novel tells the story of the legendary rise of Li Yongqian, a scholar in the late Tang Dynasty, from an abandoned son of a subjugated country to a powerful official in the country. When the glory of the old empire turns to ashes, he will use his pen as a sword to reshape the mountains and rivers.
