In 490 AD, Empress Dowager Feng of the Northern Wei Dynasty passed away, leaving behind a secret network that affected the fate of the country. The young Emperor Xiaowen, Tuoba, insisted on Sinicization and was on the same page as Xianbei's conservative aristocracy. At the same time, in the Southern Qi court, a conspiracy controlled by the mysterious sect "Jingtai Sect" was killing the clan.
Xiao Yan, a Jiankang scholar, originally wanted to study in Luoyang, but by chance, he took over the legacy of Empress Dowager Feng from Li Chong, an important minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty - the top-secret list recording the factional struggles of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the infiltration of the Jingtai Sect from the north to the south. He met Xie Qingmei, the envoy of the "Tianji Pavilion" of the Jianghu organization who guards the list, and was forced to get involved in a secret war that went far beyond the temple dispute.
From then on, Xiao Yan used intelligence to deal with the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Southern Dynasty and the world. He saw how the Jingtai Sect entangled the governments and the public of the two countries like poisonous ivy, selling intelligence and provoking war; he also experienced the heartbreaking pain of his brother Xiao Yi being framed and killed by the Jingtai Sect.
From scholar to hero, from taking advantage of the world to being backlashed by the world. Xiao Yan finally raised the flag of rebellion in the blood of his brother and raised an army in the name of "Qingjun side, Zhujingtai". When he stepped through the ruins, entered Jiankang, and ascended the throne as Emperor Wu of Liang, the list in his hand was already turning yellow, and the shadow of the next era was quietly growing at the same time.
This is a story about intelligence, betrayal and choice. History is written by the victors, but the truth is always hidden
