A thousand-year-old dragon pattern that contains the power of time and space draws modern student Yang Jinyu into the center of the whirlpool of great changes in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, struggling between modern conscience and the torrent of troubled times. He was once a servant of the emperor, holding great power, and formed a complex friendship with the monarch who was destined to bear infamy; he also once transformed into an exile, carrying a secret, guarding the last bloodline in the flames of war.
From the prosperous shadow of Jiangdu Palace, to the Zhengchen of Jinyang Cavalry, to the turmoil of Chang'an City Palace, he has always been an anomaly in the chess game. With the dragon-marked power in hand and a mind that transcends the times, Yang Jinyu has to make difficult choices between loyalty and betrayal, friendship and survival, protection and subversion.
He is a witness to history and a trendsetter in the whirlpool. When the destiny of the Sui and Tang Dynasties rotates, and when the curtain of the prosperous age begins to rise, how will he find his way back in this grand picture woven by blood, fire and intrigue? Can it break free from the web of fate entangled with dragon pattern jade?
