Time: 970s of the Tianyuan calendar (the last years of the empire, the dawn of great destruction and global exchange)
Location: Eastern Continent (Tianyuan Empire and its eighteen vassal states) and Western Continent (New World/Western Powers)
Core rules: Combination of fantasy and military. Practitioners in the eastern continent rely on 'mysterious energy' and ancient battle formations, while those in the western continent rely on 'magic technology' and 'alchemy'.
[Main plot summary]
Youzhou War and Survival in Troubled Times, Dongfang Cang witnessed the decline of his family in Youzhou in the north. In order to survive the melee among the princes, he began to use limited resources, combined with Eastern Xuanqi and sporadic knowledge of firearms and logistics spread in the West, to form an efficient army. He rose rapidly through a series of local wars and attracted the attention of observers in the center of the empire and the western continent. He discovered that the forces in the Western Continent were secretly supporting the vassal states and exacerbating the civil strife in the Eastern Territory. The name of King Qin was integrated with power, and the center of the empire was facing collapse. Dongfang Cang went south in the name of "King Qin", but in fact he competed with the powerful princes and kings for control of the remaining power of the empire. He must maintain the illusion of loyalty to the imperial family politically, and at the same time complete a complete reform of the army militarily - deeply integrating the Xuanqi cultivation system with the magic technology of the Western Continent to create a 'Hunyuan Legion' that can fight against the traditional powerful princes. At this stage, he had his first large-scale conflict with mercenaries organized by Western powers. The Western powers were no longer satisfied with secret manipulation. Under the command of Augustus Victor, they launched a full-scale invasion in the name of "protecting trade"...
