This work is based on Xiao Dao, the founding emperor of Qi in the Southern Dynasty, and tells his legend from a humble military general to the founding emperor. The core of the story focuses on a huge contradiction: How can a "cold warrior" who made his fortune through military exploits break through the century-old curse of "the king and the horse share the world" in the late Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, where family status was extremely valued, and create a new dynasty in the shadow and game of the Langya Wang family and other top families? The protagonist's biggest "golden finger" is not the system or divine power, but the profound understanding and creative application of classics such as "Shang Shu", "Zuo Zhuan" and "Sun Tzu's Art of War". He turns the wisdom of classics and history into practical strategies and strategies for governing the country, and finds a thorny road "mixed with the way of overlord" in the cracks of history.
