A modern doctor of Ming Dynasty traveled through the chaos of the late Qin Dynasty and became Huo Er, a low-level servant in the Chu camp. With his historical knowledge and benevolent political philosophy that transcended the times, he gradually walked to the side of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and became his chief adviser. He was well aware of the historical trend of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, and he also understood Xiang Yu's fate of committing suicide in Wujiang River. Faced with the troubled times where wars were raging and refugees were on the road, he felt compassion and tried to single-handedly promote the king's way amidst the tyranny and protect the common people in the cracks of war. However, as the wheel of history rolls forward, personal benevolent ideals collide fiercely with Xiang Yu's hegemony. Knowing what he couldn't do, he did it. In this fate-defying situation that was doomed to fail, Huo Er insisted on his literary character, and finally turned into a tragic ember in the troubled world...
