The story spans the decades of Dayan and is divided into three volumes: the rise of the temple, the restlessness among the people, and the collapse of the prosperous age. The main plot revolves around Xi Mingtao, an official from a poor family, and describes how he navigates political affairs and people's livelihood between the powerful minister Yao Buqun and the folk hero Wei Sanhu. Liu Wanqing, a talented businesswoman, connects the social landscape, while General Murong Ran and Zhao Banxian, a wise man in the market, add variables to the power game. The first volume focuses on official promotion and power struggle, the second volume shows the confrontation and growth of folk figures, and the third volume promotes all-round conflicts between temples and ordinary people, revealing the fate of a great country and individual glory in absurdity and warmth, and finally ending the old order with change.
