Dynastic transition: Great Yin (a decaying old dynasty) → Great Qi (a rising power)
Dynasty: Great Qi
Era name: Chuping (signifying the pacification of a world in chaos and the renewal of all things)
Protagonist: Huang Lie (a retired special forces soldier from modern China in his previous life, now the scion of a fallen noble family and a low-ranking frontier officer in another world)
Key locations:
Imperial capital: Tianjing (the former capital)
Twelve provinces: Jizhou (the capital region), Qingzhou (the eastern granary), Youzhou (the key to the northern frontier), Liangzhou (the western bulwark), Yizhou (the land of abundance), Jingzhou (a hub for water transport), Yangzhou (a land of fish and rice), Yuzhou (the heart of the Central Plains), Bingzhou (a major horse-producing region), Yongzhou (the dynasty’s birthplace), Liangzhou (the southern shield), Yanzhou (a vital route for grain transport)
Hostile forces: the Hu-Xiongnu (a northern nomadic coalition), remnants of the Great Yin army, and rebel armies and warlords across the land
