In the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Li Zicheng's million-strong army lays siege to Beijing. The outer city has fallen, and the inner city is on the verge of collapse. Zhu Youjian, the emperor of a dying dynasty, removes his imperial robes, his heart utterly dead, and prepares to climb Coal Hill and hang himself to answer for the nation.
At that very moment, a soul from the future suddenly transmigrates into the body of the Chongzhen Emperor!
When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in a nightmare from the start: beacons blaze, battle cries thunder, loyal servants weep blood, and rebel troops are about to breach the city! The dynasty's doom seems already set in stone.
