A modern soul falls into the body of a poor scholar at the end of the Ming dynasty. Starting with a bar of soap, he struggles to survive in the countryside amid chaos, taking one cautious step at a time as he makes his way into the county seat and then the imperial court. With nothing but humble origins, he shifts the balance of power and, on the brink of a dynasty's collapse, carves out a way forward for himself and a chance for the Ming to endure.
