One day, military studies graduate student Su Qin transmigrates into the body of a down-and-out traveling persuader in the mid-Warring States period.
He has no golden finger and no System interface, only the Thirty-Six Stratagems in his mind, distilled from five thousand years of military wisdom.
While the Hundred Schools of Thought compete through the "Way," he uses "technique" to break the deadlock.
Asked to lecture on "benevolence and righteousness" after Confucius? [Cross the Sea by Deception], so his opponent doesn't even realize how he lost his pieces.
Cornered by an heir to the art of war? [Besiege Wei to Rescue Zhao]: you fight your fight, I'll fight mine.
Caught in a scheme by the powerful? [Sow Discord] and [Kill with a Borrowed Knife], and let them slaughter one another until the rivers run red.
In just three years, he goes from an unknown scholar of humble birth to a man who stirs the fortunes of rival states.
Zhang Yi regards him as his greatest enemy, the rulers of every state welcome him as an honored guest, and the Hundred Schools of Thought take him as their opponent in debate.
Some call him a troublemaker who meddles in a chaotic age; others say he is a true statesman.
Only Su Qin knows the truth:
Everything he does is simply an attempt to use the wisdom of later generations to write the most audacious footnote in this era's history.
Until the day the seals of office from the six states hang at his waist, and the Qin king's sword presses against his neck.
"Su Qin, what is it you really want?"
He smiled and said only two words:
"The realm."
But can the realm make room for a traveling persuader who sees through every scheme and every heart?
