Executioner Lin Ye refused to kill Zhongliang at the execution site, but his family was destroyed by the powerful Prime Minister Yu Wentai. Awakening of the "Qi Swallowing Technique" near death can plunder the deceased's luck and make them stronger. He disguised himself as a beggar, lurked beside Su Qingli, the orphan of the loyal minister, and used dark methods to seek revenge: plundering the luck of his enemies, killing people with borrowed knives, stirring up trouble in the court and seizing the direct descendants, and finally bloodbathed the prime minister's house, stealing dragon energy, overthrowing Dayong, and ascending to the throne on a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. However, addicted to plunder and riddled with karma, what is the price of this dark throne paved with blood?