Chen Mo, a brilliant modern student with an expert command of history, froze to death in poverty at the bottom of society. When he opened his eyes again, he had been reborn in the final years of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty, as a lowly, dying guard in the residence of the Ninth Prince.
The undercurrents of the struggle among the nine princes for the throne were already stirring, and human lives were worth less than grass. In this wuxia world where everyone trained their inner power and revered martial techniques, Chen Mo chose a completely different path.
He founded the Hunyuan Sect, teaching no inner-power methods, only human anatomy, kinesiology, and special forces combat techniques. Brazilian jiu-jitsu subdued the northern king of leg fighters; Israeli Krav Maga broke through every Shanxi iron palm technique. His disciples, forged by scientific training, became an unpredictable force reshaping the capital's power struggles.
From a castoff in the Ninth Prince's residence to the sharpest hidden blade under Prince Yong; from a heretic mocked by the martial world to the founding master of a new school. Drawing on modern knowledge, Chen Mo carved out his own path of “scientific martial arts” in an age when power belonged to those who wielded it themselves!
He helped Yongzheng secure the throne outside Changchun Garden, only to face the emperor's unfathomable suspicion on the very day of his victory.
Would he be discarded once his usefulness was over, reduced to a pawn of imperial power? Or would he break free and forge a new future for martial arts and thought in the magnificent Qing Dynasty?
