The Crown Prince of Great Jin, Banished to the Mortal Realm

Sima Yu was the eldest son born to a concubine of Sima Zhong, the famously foolish emperor of the Western Jin dynasty, and the beloved grandson of its founding emperor, Sima Yan. As the crown prince of the Western Jin, his deposition and execution remain an enduring injustice. His tragedy was, in some ways, a reflection of the dynasty's own: from the Rebellion of the Eight Princes onward, kin turned against kin, barbarian cavalry swept across the Central Plains, territory was lost, and imperial authority collapsed. Neither reborn nor transmigrated, can this fallen crown prince of the Great Jin defy fate, save the dynasty from the brink of ruin, and drive the northern tribes beyond the frontier...