Liu Ji, a modern history graduate, transmigrated into an anonymous foot soldier in the coalition against Dong Zhuo. From the start, the System handed him a counterfeit Imperial Jade Seal so convincing it could fool anyone, along with a death sentence: “Get yourself a powerful patron within 72 hours or be erased!”
Among the warlords, he bet everything on Liu Bei, who was then overlooked but showed the makings of a great leader.
Armed with the “Jade Seal trump card,” he used his information advantage to bluff a roomful of powerful men while skillfully talking his way through Yuan Shao’s camp. He played hardball with Cao Cao, earning the warlord’s respect through his nerve and his “treasure.” And with his insight into human nature, he quickly won Guan Yu’s approval and Zhang Fei’s straightforward trust.
From then on, Liu Ji followed Liu Bei, using his humble status and fake Jade Seal to open the door to opportunity: recruiting fierce generals such as Zhao Yun and Chen Dao, outwitting warlords like Lu Bu and Yuan Shu, and helping Liu Bei rise from the post of Chancellor of Pingyuan to seize Xuzhou, plan for Jingzhou, and take Xichuan...
From an unnoticed nobody in the coalition, he gradually became the most unusual strategist in Liu Bei’s camp. With audacious ideas and brilliant schemes, he wrote a comeback legend in the turbulent Three Kingdoms era: “With a fake Jade Seal, I aid a true wise lord and restore the Han throne to glory!”
