In the chaotic final years of the Tang dynasty, Li Chengqing unexpectedly transmigrates and becomes a conscript on the brink of death. Rising from a mountain of corpses, he uses knowledge from more than a thousand years in the future and a ruthless, decisive hand to climb from cannon fodder to ruler of Xichuan. He allies with warlords, battles rival lords, recruits fierce generals, and brings powerful families into his fold. As Zhu Wen and Li Keyong vie for supremacy, he sets his sights on the throne. This is the rise of a true warlord: no saintly heroics, no frivolous romance, just a road forged in steel and blood.