In the virtual Qin Dynasty, the world is initially settled, and the undercurrent is turbulent. Zhao Shuo, an important minister of the Nine Qing Dynasty, has great power in both the government and the public. His legitimate son Zhao Changquan returns from Jixia Academy with the ideal of benevolent government and wants to open up a new path between the family and the court.
However, under his feet is the road to power paved with iron and blood by his father. Next to him is his sister Zhao Wanru, who is talented but suppressed because of her identity as a woman. In his eyes is Su Qing, the daughter of a historian who writes Qingli and is secretly investigating the Zhao family's past. When he tried to touch upon the secret behind the family's glamorous robes - the "East County Meteorite Case" that affected countless lives, rifts between father and son, suspicion between siblings, and misunderstandings between lovers ensued.
Ideals are vulnerable to machinations. In order to protect his family and practice his "Tao", Zhao Changquan was forced to make a cruel choice between filial piety, love and conscience. Step by step, he learned his father's magic skills and consolidated his power in crisis after crisis, but he also distanced himself step by step from his original self.
When he finally sat on the head of the family, which symbolized authority, and inherited the important "cauldron", the price he paid was the betrayal of his beloved, the turning of family ties into ashes, and the fact that the once bright young man finally learned to give orders with a cold voice. Is this top authority the cornerstone of helping the world, or is it a gorgeous cage that imprisons him for life?
