Top archaeologist Shen Yan, in order to track down his father who disappeared in Ailao Mountain 20 years ago, led an expedition team to break into the mysterious tomb of Liu Maung, the last king of the ancient Ailao Kingdom. After going through many life and death tests such as the quicksand mechanism and the Twelve Divine Beast Formation, they finally found the legendary black gold coffin. However, when the coffin lid opened, the bronze box burst out with dazzling white light, and Shen Yan lost consciousness after inhaling the mysterious fragrance.
When he woke up again, he actually traveled to Chuxiong Mansion in Yunnan in the forty-fifth year of Kangxi's reign (AD 1706). At this time, the Dragon Kingdom was immersed in the dream of "the Kingdom of Heaven" and closed itself off, while the horn of the Western Industrial Revolution had already sounded. Shen Yan, who was well aware of the humiliating fate of the nation in the next hundred years, held scientific knowledge three hundred years ahead of his time, and made a great ambition: to launch an industrial revolution belonging to the Dragon Kingdom on this ancient land!
He will start from a homeless refugee, step by step, build factories, lay railways, build strong ships and cannons, and use the power of science and technology to rewrite history. The truth behind his father's disappearance, the ultimate secret of the dragon-patterned jade pendant, and the millennium-long mystery behind the black gold coffin will gradually emerge with the rise of his industrial empire...
