The God of War Zhao Hao transmigrated into the body of Zhao Huan, Emperor Qinzong of Song, on the eve of the Jingkang humiliation. The Jin army was about to breach the capital, and the disgraceful fate awaiting the two emperors, taken captive and sent north, was all too clear. Unwilling to await his death, he chose the riskiest path: faking his death and escaping. In a breathtaking escape, he smeared his own name as a mad and tyrannical ruler, shouldering the bloody accusation of murdering his kin and burning down the palace before disappearing behind enemy lines. From refugee to rebel army leader, he lay low in the north and honed his claws. When Yue Fei’s northern expedition was on the brink of failure and twelve imperial summonses threatened his life, Zhao Huan appeared before the command tent with the imperial seal in his hands and revealed his true identity. “Pengju, I’m back.” The news that Emperor Qinzong was still alive shocked the world. From then on, a path of iron and blood began to unfold from the ruins of Jingkang: pacify Zhao Gou in the south, recover Youyun in the north, and repel the Mongols in the west.
