Lin Mo, a scholar-official of the Great Yin, possesses technology from the future and helps Empress Xiao Qinghuang fight the rebel king. On the night the palace falls, a mysterious fragment summons a thunderstorm from the heavens, hurling the gravely wounded empress, the little princess Lingxi, the dying palace maid Xiao Lian, and Lin Mo into a vortex through time and space
When they open their eyes again, they find themselves in a modern city full of towering buildings! Their dark armor and phoenix robes plunge into a neon-lit world, while the supreme ruler is trapped in a cage of steel and concrete. They have no money, no one to turn to, and the added burden of being undocumented. Clutching the useless fragment, Lin Mo sneers, “This time, I make the rules!”
He teaches the empress to order takeout on her phone, shows the princess the wonders of virtual reality games, and gets Xiao Lian onto life support in the ICU. When his fingers swipe across a food delivery app, the frost in the empress's eyes begins to melt. When he stays up all night repairing the fragment, she quietly brings him instant noodles. Until one rainy night, ghostly blue lightning patterns light up the circuit board in their old house
The way home turns out to be right where the lights shine brightest. Meanwhile, back on the throne, the rebel king has raised a poisoned imperial seal…
