In 215 BC, the fifth year after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms, the Xiongnu in the north repeatedly invaded the border, and the war in the south against Baiyue was stalemate. In Xianyang City, undercurrents of power are surging, and the old nobles of the six countries are secretly planning to restore the country. With Meng Tian building the Great Wall as the background, the novel tells the intertwined fates of General Meng Yi and female craftsman Bai Zhi in troubled times, showing a magnificent picture of the coexistence of glory and crisis of the Qin Empire. The story combines real historical events with the fate of fictional characters, depicts the various aspects of the Qin Dynasty from Xianyang Palace to the construction site of the Great Wall, and shows the glory and dreams, sacrifices and struggles of a great era.
