I Seek the Way in the Academy of Letters, and I Am the Greatest Under Heaven

In this world, the imperial examinations are not merely a path to fame and official rank, but a road to the heavens. Scholars awaken their “Literary Palace” and forge a “Literary Heart,” allowing them to wield literary energy. When that energy takes form, poetry can slay enemies and prose can bring peace to a nation. At the examinations, wondrous signs abound, directly determining an individual’s fortune, a family’s rise or fall, and even the course of the nation’s destiny.