Xia Shanhu transmigrates to the Great Xia Kingdom after an air disaster, and forges a bond with the reigning Grand Princess, Hua Xiaodie, in Peach Blossom Spring. Together, they embark on a journey of reform. Starting in Peach Blossom Spring, they push for institutional reforms, establish workshops, build waterworks to benefit the people, and champion new policies to break with the old and usher in change. To protect the fruits of their reforms, they also form a high-tech special forces unit. Guided by the belief that war can end war, they resist opposition, determined to free Great Xia from exploitation and oppression and realize the ideal of equality for all.
But just as the new policies are about to sweep across Great Xia and the dawn of nationwide reform begins to break, the two are ambushed by an unknown force while inspecting the implementation of the reforms. They vanish without a trace. With power left vacant, Great Xia's government is swiftly seized by strongmen, and nearly all the early gains of reform are undone.
Time passes. Fifteen years later, Xia Shanhu and Hua Xiaodie unexpectedly return to the capital. But Great Xia has changed beyond recognition. Warlords vie for power in endless battles, the people are plunged into lives of hardship and displacement, and the reformers' once-bright ideals seem even more distant amid the devastation.
Xia Shanhu and Hua Xiaodie once again lead the next generation of the original reform team in their struggle, but...
