Qi Guan Haoran, a modern graduate student in history, transmigrated by accident into the once-mighty Song Dynasty, now weakened for a century. He became Zhao Haoran, a sickly crown prince whose father showed him no love and whose mother had died young.
This was a world where martial arts flourished, with the jianghu and the imperial court standing side by side. The princes schemed against one another for the throne, powerful ministers ruled the court, and sects filled the jianghu. Meanwhile, Liao, Jin, and Western Xia watched hungrily from beyond the borders.
Though he was the crown prince, he had become a pawn anyone could bully, always at risk of being deposed or even dying a sudden death.
When he tossed the enemy nation’s tribute, a “Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng,” into the Daoist Palace, scales appeared on the dragon-shadow martial soul, granting him vitality far beyond that of ordinary people.
From that moment on, Qi Guan Haoran embarked on a very different path as crown prince.
At court, he used modern knowledge and extraordinary martial prowess to take on powerful ministers, put an end to factional strife, and win people over, gradually bringing power into his own hands.
In the jianghu, he became a mysterious master, stirred up the winds of change, and built his own organization, bringing one arrogant hero after another under his command.
A cool and fiercely loyal personal guard, a demonic sect enchantress with a mysterious past, a clever young heiress of a trading house, a spirited princess from an enemy nation... As they
