A mysterious dragon-patterned jade pendant brings Xiao Rui, an elite special soldier, back to the war-torn late Jiajing years of the Ming Dynasty. At this time, Japanese pirates were raging and the sea was unstable. With military knowledge that transcends the times and a pure heart, he started as a soldier in the Qi family army.
Refining a new army and building a strong ship, he wants to reforge a new edge for this weak dynasty!
Relying on modern tactics and steel-making and gunpowder technologies, the "Jinghai Camp" he trained became famous in one battle and was appreciated by the famous general Qi Jiguang. He defeated the Japanese pirates, calmed the sea waves, and rose to the rank of general amidst blood and fire. The coastal victories were just the beginning, however. Knowing that the source of the Japanese plague lay in Yingzhou Island, he set his sights on the other side of the vast East China Sea.
Above the court, he fought against all opinions and broke through the shackles of the sea ban; in the shipyard, he gathered Chinese and Western craftsmen to create an invincible armored fleet. When the dragon flag representing the will of the Ming Dynasty was flying over the East China Sea, an unprecedented strategy was launched in his hands - a cross-sea eastward expedition to attack the Japanese nest!
This is a more difficult path. He would land on Kyushu and blast open the barriers of Warring States Japan with thunderous force and artillery. He will face Toyotomi Hideyoshi's million-strong army, and in the land of Sekigahara, he will lay out a shocking chess game that will determine the fate of East Asia. He will establish the "Japanese Protectorate" belonging to China in this unfamiliar land, promote Chineseization, mine and colonize, and completely nip the threat in the cradle.
This is a journey for one person and a journey for a nation to explore the sea. Let's see how Xiao Rui single-handedly turns the world around and steps onto Yingzhou, on the eve of this magnificent era of navigation, to create a huge maritime territory for China!
