Chu Cai, a military history enthusiast, has his soul transmigrate to Huijiang City in the Great Chu Empire, where he becomes the illegitimate son of a fallen noble family at the age of thirteen. Just after he transmigrates, he faces a broken engagement. Lin Qingwan, the daughter of a wealthy Huijiang merchant, humiliates him by using “unless you pass the imperial exam and become the top scholar” as her pretext for ending their engagement. The Chu family’s past glory becomes a laughingstock. Facing the coldness of his family and the scorn of the world, thirteen-year-old Chu Cai remains composed, concealing his sharp edge as he draws on the military strategy and war history he studied in his previous life.
