The Prodigy's Rebirth

Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu, whose strength could uproot mountains and whose might eclipsed the world, did not meet his end when he took his own life at the Wu River. His soul was chosen by the mysterious "History Spirit" and drawn into a heroic trial spanning three thousand years. Through reincarnation, he rode across the desert as Huo Qubing, served his country loyally as Yue Fei, and pursued vengeance without restraint as Ran Min. At last, as Chinese civilization stood on the brink of extinction, he became Li Dingguo, a lone loyalist resisting the Qing at the end of the Ming dynasty.

In this life, he faces choices far more complicated than simply winning glory on the battlefield. With the court suspicious of him, his own ranks divided, and Qing forces closing in, should he follow the path of vengeance he embraced in past lives, or endure humiliation to protect a last glimmer of hope for Chinese civilization? Through Li Dingguo's tragic life, Xiang Yu's soul passes through uncertainty, fury, steadfast resolve, and disillusionment. In the ashes of civilization, he finally grasps the true meaning of heroism: true greatness is not ruling the world or earning a place in history, but becoming a "light of ordinariness" that willingly burns itself away in the darkest hour to protect ordinary lives and the flame of civilization.

This is an epic of the soul, an ultimate meditation on "strength" and "protection." Watch as the Hegemon-King sheds his aura of proud solitude and, amid the fires of reincarnation, transforms from an undying "star of dominion" into the "kindling" of civilization, finding an eternal answer that transcends personal honor and disgrace and becomes part of the everyday world.