Wei Xiaobao, a streetwise thug born in a Yangzhou brothel, makes a name for himself through dazzling gambling tricks and a silver tongue. But after a high-stakes wager, he unexpectedly meets Kangxi, who is traveling incognito. By a twist of fate, he enters the palace, where he throws the court into chaos with his self-invented "hilarious pressure-point technique." He also accidentally obtains a mysterious jade pendant capable of rewriting fate, drawing him into the twin whirlpools of the martial world and the imperial court.
Stranded on Divine Dragon Island, he wins over Hong Antong with his secret recipe for Yangzhou fried rice and becomes the Divine Dragon Cult's "chief culinary consultant." In Yunnan, he uses modern marketing tactics to turn Prince Mu's Residence into a trending martial sect. Between the willful Princess Jianning, the cool and aloof A Ke, and the gentle Shuang'er, Wei Xiaobao embarks on an absurd romance quest. When he discovers that Kangxi's mentor, the monk Yulin, plans to use a supreme martial treasure to overturn history, a hilarious battle erupts, blending verbal attacks, mechanical contraptions, and clashes of imperial aura!
From the palace to the martial world, from land to sea, Wei Xiaobao uses his all-purpose social skills cheat to turn the world of martial arts into a wild party full of modern memes, with help from an eccentric crew that includes Kangxi and Shuang'er. When the dust finally settles, he gives up fame and fortune and opens the Deer Tripod Inn in Yangzhou. By teaching square dancing, he rewrites the rules of the martial world and creates an unprecedented legend of an ordinary man!
