A modern history buff transmigrates by accident and becomes Xu Fu, the fangshi who petitions to sail east in the twenty-eighth year of Qin Shi Huang’s reign.
Looking at Ying Zheng, the emperor of all ages, whose genius is matched only by his obsession with immortality, and who is destined to die suddenly at Shaqiu, he is filled with sorrow. He cannot bear to see the Great Qin fall after only two generations, the foundations of a unified China crumble, or this emperor, whose achievements surpass those of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, be deceived by fangshi in his later years, only to die as the empire descends into chaos.
With no System, no rebellion against Qin, and no ambitions of his own, he uses the pretext of searching for immortality to take on the task of finding an elixir, carefully protecting the Great Qin at every step. Under the guise of searching for medicine, he asks for ships, elite soldiers, craftsmen, and provisions. Using the eastward voyage as an opportunity, he traverses the Yellow Sea and East China Sea, occupies Liaodong, takes Korea, expands into Japan, enslaves the Wa people, clears overseas farmland, and builds a powerful navy, establishing a granary and strategic bulwark for the Great Qin.
He rejects pills laced with poison and heavy metals, and uses modern medical knowledge to improve the First Emperor’s health and help Ying Zheng live longer. Through auspicious signs from the immortals, he urges the emperor to protect Fusu, suppresses the treacherous Zhao Gao, and eliminates every threat that could bring down Qin. He also uses divine revelations to persuade the First Emperor to reduce taxes and labor levies, appease the former subjects of the six states, and purge the court of corruption.
Everyone believes he is obsessed with seeking immortality, unaware that beneath the guise of a fangshi, he is serving the state with all his heart. The fabled elixir of immortality was never a pill. It is the enduring fortune of the Great Qin and the First Emperor’s undying renown!
He ensures Ying Zheng dies in peace, helps Fusu succeed to the throne, stabilizes the Central Plains, subdues the Xiongnu, conquers the Hundred Yue, and expands across the seas. He enables the Great Qin to truly last through two, three, and even ten thousand generations, its legacy unending, creating an age of unity unlike any the world has ever known!
