Shen Tuo, a PhD student in history, woke up as a down-and-out scholar amid the chaos of the late Tang dynasty. Armed with knowledge a thousand years ahead of his time, he had hoped to land a position as a military adviser under Zhu Wen, but was swept into the whirlpool of warlord rivalries. He saved an orphaned girl, Li Xingyue, unaware that she was a Tang princess living among commoners. He joined forces with Pei Yan, an undercover agent of the Pei clan, only to discover that every move he made was changing the course of history. Huang Chao's defeat, Zhu Wen's rise, the Shatuo marching south... He tried to end the chaos through strategy, but was repeatedly outmaneuvered by Cui Yin, Li Keyong, and others. When Shen Tuo finally held the fate of the realm in his hands, he was shocked to learn that his name had long since been recorded in fragmentary unofficial histories beyond the official history books.
