Wisdom and Advancement

In the final years of the Western Jin dynasty, the Rebellion of the Eight Princes erupted. The banners atop Luoyang’s walls changed hands again and again as the Sima clan slaughtered one another in a blood-soaked frenzy.

Pei Li, the fourth son of Pei Kai, was an idle young noble who loved obscure studies and was fascinated by yin-yang and the Five Elements. He had no interest in court intrigues and only wanted to spend his days in peace among his books. But fate had other plans. A calamity swept across the land: his father died horribly, his family fell, and a once-renowned clan was shattered in the blink of an eye.

With his family on the brink of extinction, a blank ancient book and a mysterious prophecy appeared, linking his soul to Chen Yuan, a history teacher from the distant future.

One had an all-knowing perspective on the rise and fall of the Wei and Jin dynasties and could see the course of history. The other was a native son of the Western Jin, skilled in yin-yang arts and divination, and deeply familiar with the customs of his time.

They shared their knowledge, and both gained a powerful advantage.

The fires of war raged ahead, while the Five Barbarians’ cavalry pressed from behind. The Central Plains fell, and the people suffered terribly. While others perished in the Rebellion of the Eight Princes, he used his ancient-and-modern double advantage to survive, plan, and rise amid the chaos.

Watch as this obscure young man of the Western Jin draws on a thousand years of future wisdom to unravel the turmoil, gather heroes from every corner, and, as the dynasty collapses, turn the tide, pacify the land, and forge a different Jin dynasty.