A doctoral student specializing in the history of the Five Dynasties wrote a thesis on "the changes in social structure from the late Tang Dynasty to the early Song Dynasty." He is rational and empathetic, but lacks a practical understanding of the cruelty of troubled times. After time travel, he will complete the transformation from a "spectator" of history to a "witness" and then to a "carrier". Only by foreseeing everything can we change everything; but does changing everything mean betraying everything? "
The protagonist's greatest golden finger and source of tragedy come from his "prophet" of history. The ultimate torture he will face is not how to survive or dominate, but whether he still has the courage to fight for uncertain hope after seeing the ending, and how to maintain the ethical bottom line of modern people while creating unknown history.