The Tianqi Emperor dies, Chongzhen takes the throne, rebels rise, and the Manchus knock at the passes.
An abandoned pawn crawls out of the Jinyiwei's death row, wielding martial strength as his blade and power as his game board.
He keeps switching sides between the martial world, the eunuch faction, the Donglin faction, the frontier troops, the rebels, and the Jurchens.
He saves neither the Ming Dynasty nor the people, only himself and those by his side.
He ultimately becomes a warlord of the age, but also buries the entire martial world with his own hands.
