Chen Yuan, a graduate student in modern history, woke up and transformed into a poor scholar who was about to be drafted into the army. Taking advantage of the chaos, he proposed farming strategies, and was promoted to the staff by Zhao Huan, the commander of the Zhenbei Army. Faced with the corruption of the imperial court, the monopoly of the gentry, and the eager eyes of the barbarians in the north, Chen Yuan used modern knowledge to create firearms, reform the military and politics, and divide the princes. He assisted Zhao Huan in annexing Southern Chu and overthrowing the powerful Prime Minister Cui Yuanlang, but on the eve of the unification of the world, he discovered Zhao Huan's hidden ambition to become emperor - Pei Xingye's identity as an orphan from the previous dynasty and Shen Zhaohua's meticulous planning pushed this troubled chess game to a more bloody ending.
