The chaotic final years of the Qin dynasty are drawing near. Li Xinxin, a scholar born to commoners, travels across the land. While passing through Xianyang, he unexpectedly finds a fragment of a silk manuscript and unwittingly uncovers the shocking plot of Emperor Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng to create Shadow Fiends and build a secret mausoleum. With no golden finger or System to help him, he is forced into a struggle over imperial power and a web of sinister dangers, relying only on his knowledge and unyielding character. From the first stirrings of trouble on the Wei River to the secret mausoleum on Mount Li, from being hunted by Shadow Guards to receiving a loyal official’s dying charge, Li Xinxin navigates the forces of Hu Hai and the ghostly Shadow Fiends. Burdened with the mission of protecting the silk manuscript and preventing a catastrophe, he braves the shifting tides of a turbulent age, seeking the secrets history has buried and writing a legend of his own in the final years of Qin.
