Shen Zhao was forced to a dead end by the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. He lit a beacon fire and summoned 100,000 soldiers to crush the imperial city and wash the court with blood. The former loyal minister Pei Yan secretly plotted to tear apart the disguise of the powerful with his words. The palace lady Liu Wushuang was burdened with the old secrets of the previous dynasty, and was wavering between revenge and redemption. When the cavalry stepped through the Golden Palace, Shen Zhao realized that this revenge was just the prelude to the birth of a new world.