The shame of Jingkang remains unavenged. The soul of an Eighth Route Army officer who died on the anti-Japanese battlefield transmigrates into the body of Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of Song. He has forgotten his name and the details of his previous life, but one conviction remains deeply branded in his heart: to achieve national rejuvenation and bring peace to the realm. He works tirelessly to govern, yet is torn between the imperial schemes needed to secure his throne and the modern national consciousness deep in his soul. The sharpest conflict centers on the famed general Yue Fei: by the logic of imperial power, Yue Fei must die; by the dictates of national conscience, he must not. As Zhao Gou agonizes over whether to kill him, the crown prince, Zhao Fu, only a little over ten years old, bursts into the hall bearing a strange bloodstained red five-pointed star. A visitor from another world, he is not a soul from the future, but has only received Chinese history through the System. He pleads for Yue Fei's life and promises, “I will help Imperial Father secure the throne. Even if the two emperors return, there will be nothing to fear.”
When Zhao Gou touches the red five-pointed star, memories sealed away for ages break free like a flood.
