[No System | Ensemble Cast and Political Intrigue | An Emperor’s Rise | An Epic of Nation and Family]
Zhao Cong woke after ten days unconscious to find his country on the brink of ruin:
His father was dead, the Crown Prince lay slain, and enemy forces had the city surrounded.
Traitors lurked in the court, while the harem watched like hungry wolves.
He was a carefree young noble, the one everyone looked down on,
yet he became the last spark of a dynasty that had endured for eight hundred years.
He rallied the soldiers, gathering loyal hearts atop the crumbling ramparts;
he crushed the traitors and steadied the people as their resolve began to fail.
From defending a lone city and waiting for an old general
to quelling the chaos of ten kingdoms and shielding all people from the fires of war.
There were no divine prophecies, no auspicious omens.
Only ordinary people, in their darkest hour,
choosing again and again not to retreat.
One day, the four seas would submit and every kingdom would come to pay homage.
The historian would write: “The chaos of the Ten Kingdoms ended, and the Dragon rose from a lone city.”
[Also known as The Wu Hook: From Carefree Noble to Emperor Zhaowu]
