Xiao Chen was once the king of global mercenaries, but died after being betrayed by the deputy he trusted most. Reborn, he became the fifth prince of the Great Yan Dynasty, a prisoner branded with the hollow title of "Prince of the Northern Frontier."
A carefully staged case accusing him of "molesting the chancellor's daughter" reduced him from a pampered prince to a discarded pawn, banished to a desolate land surrounded by barbarian tribes.
The ink-black jade left by his birth mother grew warm in his palm. In a daze, he "saw" spiritual energy flowing through the world, and found that it could be parsed like a data stream.
In this world ruled by barbarians, humanity lived in darkness. The humans kept like livestock had no power to resist, and endured lives of misery. How would Xiao Chen lead humanity in its struggle against oppression?
The so-called Prince of the Northern Frontier was nothing more than meat on a chopping block. But Xiao Chen licked his cracked lips, a cold glint rising in his eyes.
If he was a prisoner, he would tear down the cage. If he was a discarded pawn, then he would make the entire world tremble before him.
