After the Yongle Emperor died, his spirit lingered, drifting through the void for three hundred years as he watched capital and bureaucracy hollow out the Ming: Liaodong’s military funds sent to the enemy, an emperor poisoned, and the classics burned to ashes. Returning to the Xuande reign, he pours three hundred years of memories into Zhu Zhanji’s mind. The two emperors join forces, starting by building a cage to tame capital and rewrite history. This is not revenge. It is about creating a world that will never rot away again.
