On the day he was demoted to the frontier army, Xie Yanzhi burned the imperial list and marched eastward with 100,000 refugees, vowing to bloodbath the court. A civil servant from a humble family in the past has become a hero in troubled times; the anonymous female doctor Liu Rushuo walks side by side with him, carrying the secrets of the former dynasty. Zhao Tieshan's hidden soldier map, Shen Yuheng's secret spy network, Mu Qinghe's sky-reaching skills, Cui Yuanche's betrayal... Every pair of eyes is calculating this storm. When the bells of the imperial city ring again, who is the real son of destiny?
