The Song Dynasty's Most Desperate Exam Candidate

The “Establish the Heart of Heaven and Earth” System roars to life!

Newbie mission: kill one person to survive! He uses the undercurrent at the riverbed to saw through his bonds, steals a knife and kills his guard, then escapes with his younger sister. At a ruined temple, he unlocks historical-record searches and sneaks out a smuggling ledger in the dead of night, only to stumble upon a magistrate’s bribery scheme. He is framed and thrown in jail after a courtroom confrontation, but Su Song steps in and exposes the corrupt official. Yet Zhao Sandao’s words, “See you in Bianjing,” draw him into an even greater political maelstrom!

The ledger hides a deadly trap, the network map conceals a conspiracy, and the road to the imperial examinations is rife with ambushes. Watch as I, Zhang Heng, use the System to predict exam topics, strategize battles, and improve people’s lives. From a condemned man in Qiantang, I fight my way through the bureaucracy, stir up the Jiayou era, and ultimately become the first man in the Northern Song to establish the heart of the realm!