After Lü Bu’s younger sister was bullied by her boss, she lost hope and immediately jumped into a river to kill herself. Lü Bu got into legal trouble while seeking revenge for her.
While fleeing for his life, Lü Bu happened upon Mount Kunlun. He had planned to live in seclusion there, but by a twist of fate, he stumbled into a cave left behind from ancient times.
In the cave, Lü Bu made an astonishing discovery: when the Great God Pangu created the world, he had left behind a Cosmic Universe Bag and a Cosmic Universe Palace. They sent Lü Bu into another illusory space-time, where he relived the five thousand years of Chinese civilization.
Over those five thousand years, Heaven granted its chosen son, Lü Bu, eighteen chances to be reborn. He lived as everything from a beggar to an emperor, a general to a soldier, a man to a woman, and a brawny giant with immense strength to a frail scholar unable to hurt a fly.
In this illusory space-time, Lü Bu experienced every facet of the eighteen lives in all their vivid variety.
The title of the novel is important.