Genius scholar Gu Changye, possessing great talent, was humiliated by his powerful fiancée who broke off the engagement in public because of his family's decline and weak bones. He did not sink, but in a desperate situation, he awakened to the Confucian and Taoist method of conveying Tao through writings and cultivating "awe-inspiring righteousness". From then on, he used his pen as his sword and poetry as his sword, embarking on an alternative path of spiritual practice. The highlight of the plot is that the protagonist's upgrade path is closely bound to the imperial examination system and the family, country and world. If you are a scholar, you can criticize with your words and words, and follow the rules; if you are successful in the exam, you can inspire the vitality of heaven and earth, and your talent can take shape; if you become a Jinshi, you will be blessed with the fate of a country, and one word can determine the fate of the country. The protagonist Gu Changye works step by step, from the county examination, government examination, township examination to the joint examination and the palace examination, crushing his opponents all the way and trampling on those who have humiliated him one by one. Not only did he have to fight wits and courage with resourceful officials and hypocritical political opponents in the court, but he also had to use poetry and articles as the soul of his army at the border to resist the invasion of demons and barbarians. As his status became higher and higher, he gradually discovered that there were huge problems in the operation of this world. The stars were misaligned and cause and effect were chaotic. It was as if there was an invisible big hand fiddled with the fate of all people. And the seemingly silly and sweet maid Xingwan beside him is actually the empress of the subjugated country who can discern the secrets of heaven. The two join forces to pursue the ultimate secret that leads to "causal chaos" while establishing a destiny for all people and a will for heaven and earth, and finally face a fateful showdown with the mastermind behind the scenes or the twisted way of heaven itself.
