At the end of the Han dynasty, in Kuaiji, a fool of a live-in son-in-law.
No one knew his surname was Xiang. No one knew what lay hidden in the depths of his pupils.
He swallowed his in-laws' cold stares, the clan elders' contempt, and his wife's disdain, bite by bite, along with a bowl of cold rice.
Until the day someone forced him to kneel.
His eight-foot frame slowly rose, golden light blazing in the depths of his eyes.
He looked down at the trembling young aristocrat.
"You can insult me all you like. But make me kneel? Who do you think you are?"
The Hegemon King of four hundred years ago opened his eyes inside the body of this live-in son-in-law.
From live-in son-in-law to founding emperor of Great Chu, he took twenty years to conquer the land beneath heaven.
[Awakening as a son-in-law → dominating Jiangdong → vying for the Central Plains → claiming the throne]