A brave detective's soul is trapped in the body of a destitute man who tried to kill himself. His fiancée has broken off their engagement, his creditors are at the door, and from the start, he's in hell.
Zhang Fengzhi, a tough-as-nails detective from the twenty-first century, dies in the line of duty and transmigrates into the body of a spineless scholar in the ancient Dayin Dynasty, a man who threw himself into a lake. His family is penniless, his hopes of earning an official title are dashed, his former engagement is canceled, and everyone sneers at him. Worse, gambling-house enforcers have come to collect his predatory loans and seize the last roof over his head!
At this desperate moment, his modern soul awakens with a vengeance. Want to compete with me at solving cases? Think bloodline tests are nonsense? I'll teach everyone about blood types right here and expose your wealthy family's scheme in front of them all! Want to compete with me at making money? Soap and perfume are just the beginning. With scientific management and mass production, I'll lead an industrial revolution and send the county's GDP soaring, stunning the whole court! Want to compete with me at political intrigue? The logic of criminal investigation lets me see through people, and an airtight chain of evidence smashes conspiracies. From a lowly county magistrate to a rising star at court, I'll level up by defeating one foe after another and put every doubter in their place!
Yet the day he rises to prominence is also the day he gets drawn deep into a maelstrom. A descendant of the previous dynasty has laid a shocking plot to restore the throne, with hidden arrows aimed at the emperor himself! More frightening still, the enemy camp harbors another transmigrator from his homeland! Their ideals are worlds apart, and the knowledge they once shared has become the deadliest weapon of all.
Will he join forces with his royal confidant to use the fire of modernity to cleanse the ancient world's ills? Or will he look after himself alone, standing at the pinnacle of power... and living freely as he pleases?
Watch as a modern detective navigates the ancient underworld and imperial court, using the judge's gavel in one hand to solve the world's strangest cases and economic strategy in the other to shape fortunes and stir up the tides of power, forging his own path from humble beginnings to the heights of success.
