The novel takes the establishment to the demise of the Qin State as the main line, through the growth and perspective of the core characters (or their families), major historical events, through the collapse of rituals and music in the late Spring and Autumn Period, to the alliance of the seven heroes of the Warring States Period, to the unification and sudden death of Qin. It not only shows the warriors on the battlefield, but also focuses on the intrigues and intrigues in the court, the battles in the palace, the hardships of the reform, the contention of a hundred schools of thought, and the joys and sorrows of the little people, painting a panoramic and flesh-and-blood picture of the birth, glory, ups and downs of the empire.