In an era of upheaval, as fantastical civilization merges with the modern metropolis, traditional Confucian learning has fallen into decline. Su Yichen, a common-born young man blessed with extraordinary wit and a passionate heart, discovers the long-lost righteous spirit of heaven and earth amid the ruins of the Imperial Academy. By chance, he saves Shen Qingqiu, a learned empress deposed and abandoned by the imperial family, who has fallen into dire straits. One is a scholar, the other a warrior; one serves in government, the other studies the classics. Together, amid a chaotic age where modern law collides with supernatural powers, they drive forward a reform to bring Confucian learning to everyone. Facing the frenzied obstruction of yandere aristocrats and the bloody trials of fallen heroes, Su Yichen wields his brush as a sword and ink as his backbone, shattering the shackles of class and ultimately restoring a glorious Confucian age atop the modern metropolis.
