Jiang Chen, a top modern master of metaphysics, was forced to jump off a cliff after livestreaming his followers into a Ponzi scheme. His soul transmigrated into Heshen, a newly arrived palace guard at the start of the Qianlong reign. From the start, he was framed as an accomplice in an attempted assassination of a prince and sentenced to execution. With life and death hanging in the balance, the Truth-Seeking System awakened. Its core ability, “Seek the Truth,” could reveal the essential information of all things and discern the truth behind people’s hearts, as well as the flow of their fortunes.
Using “Seek the Truth,” Jiang Chen stunned everyone at the execution grounds by identifying the real culprit and precisely exposing his hidden identity and motives. The case was overturned on the spot, leaving Qianlong astonished. From then on, he was no longer the Heshen of history, known only for greed and flattery, but the Qing dynasty’s one and only “mystic chancellor.” He interpreted Qianlong’s uncanny dreams, taught him metaphysics, foresaw the secrets of heaven, and steadied the crown prince’s resolve. He found auspicious sites for the Qing dynasty, laid out powerful feng shui formations, and strengthened the nation’s fortunes, turning years of famine into years of plenty.
At court, Jiang Chen, as Heshen, used “Seek the Truth” to see through the hypocritical masks of officials and root out remnants of the previous dynasty and White Lotus Society agents whom even Ji Xiaolan had failed to notice, nipping one conspiracy after another against the state in the bud. Using his knowledge of metaphysics, he laid out a Qimen Dunjia formation for Fukan’an’s army, letting it win against the odds on the Burmese battlefield and bring honor to the Qing. He recovered a legendary treasure said to have sunk into the sea, filling the imperial treasury overnight.
His rise also made him a thorn in the side of the old aristocrats and corrupt scholars at court. Faced with endless impeachments and assassination attempts, Jiang Chen wielded metaphysics as a blade and the System as a shield, using an iron fist to set the court in order and cleanse the realm. In the end, he helped the Qing reach unprecedented heights of prosperity. And while changing history, he also taught the uncles following me and commenting in the discussion section how to master metaphysics.
