College student Zhao Qihang is accidentally electrocuted and transmigrates into the body of Qin prince Fusu, who is about to be sentenced to death. Using modern knowledge, he sees through the forged imperial edict, fakes his death, and disappears into the northern frontier. At the brink of death, he awakens the “Seeds of Civilization” System. With technologies such as cement and steelmaking, he establishes a foothold, wins over Meng Tian, and lays the foundations of industry. After lying low for several years, he returns to Xianyang with technology and military might, foils the schemes of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao, reclaims the throne, and ushers in the “Enlightened Reign.”
After ascending the throne, Fusu introduces legal reforms, provides disaster relief through public works, and expands education at home. Abroad, with an iron tide and early firearms far ahead of their time, he drives the Xiongnu north, launches an eastern campaign against Korea and the Japanese islands, expands south into Lingnan, and opens routes westward into the Western Regions, extending the Qin Empire farther than ever before. He even makes contact with Rome centuries ahead of schedule, establishes the boundaries of the Silk Road, and kindles the first spark of the steam engine.
This is an epic tale of a transmigrator wielding technology as his sword and institutions as his plow, personally reversing the fate of the Qin Empire, igniting the dawn of industry in the classical age, and vowing to spread the seeds of civilization across the stars and beyond.
