213 BC, Xianyang.
Lin Yuan, a graduate student in archeology, traveled through the Qin Dynasty and became Shen Jian, a low-level clerk in the palace. He only had an ancient talisman passed down from his grandfather - the Yu Talisman. This talisman can control the power of chaos, but it has a fatal price: every time it evolves, it loses one ability. The stronger you are, the more disabled you are.
On the night of the burning of books and the entrapment of Confucian scholars, 460 Confucian scholars died in the pit. Shen Jian was forced to draw the first talisman on the edge of the execution ground, and the Yu talisman evolved from "everything" to "zhen".
But he soon discovered that he was not the only one who knew about the existence of the seal——
Qin Shihuang wanted to repair the seal and protect the foundation for eternity;
Zhao Gao wanted to create chaos and overthrow the Qin Dynasty through killing;
Li Si wants to take the seal as his own and consolidate his authority.
In the three-party game, he is the only chess piece that is needed at the same time.
Under the mercury river in the Lishan Underground Palace, the Jiuding fragments began to gather on their own. Shen Jian finally saw clearly: the ultimate evolutionary direction of this talisman is not to become stronger. It's disintegration.
