At the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the powerful families were divided and the world was about to be in chaos.
The two brothers of the Yi family, using the Xie and Wang family as a mirror, tried to build a "city in the clouds" out of thin air on the ruins of Jiangbei - a city that was said to never fall or surrender.
The elder brother Yi Jin is good at dancing. He fights with the Lu family in the court and deals with the emperor. He uses his character to support his dreams. Younger brother Yi Lang spends all his time drawing pictures behind closed doors, and is regarded by the world as a craftsman who talks about dreams. Everyone was laughing at him, except for a girl wearing a curtain hat who understood his ambition in the chess game.
But what the world doesn't know is that every drawing of Yi Lang is a military manual. Every beam and column he painted hid arrow stacks and mechanisms. He spent three years quietly raising an army of craftsmen where no one could see him. What he wanted was never a city, but a place where everyone—including himself—no longer had to live on their knees.
The brothers worked together to build a city in Jiangbei. The court is crowded with people, and the wind and rain are as dark as darkness. When the Beijie iron cavalry approached the city and the Lu family's sword was held on their necks, Yi Lang finally took off the painter's toga and stood on the tower of Guanxing Pavilion.
At that moment, everyone understood——
The owner of this city was not granted by the imperial court from the beginning.
"Yi Shanhai·Past and Present Life" is a story about brothers standing side by side, having immortal ideals, and using a city to fight against an entire mediocre era. If you can't finish it in this life, then leave it to the next life. The mountains and seas will not change, and the cloud city will not be destroyed.
