When Su Chen opens his eyes, he discovers that he has transmigrated to a chaotic age ruled by powerful clans. A companion lies dead beside him, and a blade gleams coldly before his eyes.
"A spy? A runaway slave?" The border general sneers. "Drag him out and execute him!"
With death just a hair's breadth away, he suddenly raises his head and gives a name powerful enough to shake the world: "Cui Ziwei of the Cui clan of Qinghe."
Thus begins the audacious deception of a modern graduate student in literature and history.
With no System and no powerful connections, he nonetheless relies on his encyclopedic knowledge of the clan system, classical texts, and etiquette to convincingly play the part of a noble young master from a top-tier clan in a world where "the highest ranks are closed to those without noble birth."
At a banquet, a scholar of humble birth provokes him. He composes a poem on the spot, leaving all the renowned scholars aghast;
In the prefectural seat, a corrupt official lays a trap. He cites the classics and turns the tables, pinning his opponent beneath the full weight of the law;
At court, a true bloodline heir of the Cui clan grills him about the family genealogy. He writes the long-lost "Cui Clan Genealogy," leaving his actual relatives begging him to acknowledge his ancestry...
But the bigger the lie, the closer the danger.
A prince wants to use him as a pawn, the great clans demand to verify his identity, and a sworn enemy from a humble family plots against him in secret. Meanwhile, that legitimate daughter of the Xie clan who sees through everything is waiting for him to come clean, smiling faintly...
From "fake" to "real," from humble origins to holding power over all under Heaven.
This is a high-stakes gamble with knowledge as his sword and acting as his shield, and he has to win.
