Gu Lan, a modern criminal profiler, dies in an explosion while pursuing his nemesis, Wang Xiao. His soul falls into a rigidly stratified ancient dynasty, where he becomes Gu Jinghong, the disowned son of a marquis’s household. Imprisoned and made a scapegoat in a political scheme, he relies on his talent for reading people and scientific knowledge far beyond his time to turn the tables in court and solve baffling cases.
But he soon discovers that this era conceals a deeper darkness. The mysterious Qingyun Society, the tangled factions at court, and even Wang Xiao, his enemy who should have been dead, are all weaving a vast web across time. They intend to use modern technology to twist the ancient dragon veins and create an unbreakable prison of class.
Watch as a common-born son rises like a shooting star, piercing through layer upon layer of fog. With knowledge as his spark and human nature as his battlefield, he must not only survive the bloody storms of the ancient world, but also carve out a broad road to the heavens for countless children of humble families.
