In 907 AD, the Tang Dynasty fell and the world fell apart. The troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms have begun. The land of the Central Plains is at war, and the powerful powers from all directions are ruling the roost. In this era when human life is at stake, Li Chengye, a young man who crawled out from a mass grave, burdened with a mysterious life experience and a blood feud, started from the lowest level of the soldiers and embarked on the road to conquer the world.
From the perspective of Li Chengye and his companions, the novel presents a panoramic view of the bloody and bloody history of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms over more than fifty years. From the struggle for hegemony between the Liang and Jin Dynasties to the rise of the Later Zhou Dynasty, from the southern invasion of the Khitans to the eve of the unification of the Central Plains, power, betrayal, loyalty, and love collided fiercely in this broken mountain and river. This is not only an epic of emperors and generals, but also a chapter of blood and tears of ordinary people struggling to survive and pursue their ideals in troubled times.
