The world is in chaos, the feudal lords are separatist, wars are raging, and the people are displaced. Yan Zhuo, an orphan, has lived in seclusion with his adoptive father since he was a child, practicing medicine. He only wants to be stable and live a peaceful life, and has no intention of trying to dominate the world. But what he never expected was that his ordinary life would be completely disrupted by his seemingly unreliable and deceptive adoptive father.
On his birthday, he encounters Wei Yunhe, a general in trouble. He meets the white-robed strategist Zhou Ye while collecting herbs. He meets Cui Xiaoxue, the iceberg intelligence queen, in a teahouse. He seeks medical advice and becomes acquainted with Zhang Jing, a wealthy man who helps the world. The seemingly coincidental encounters, the disputes that he was forced to get involved in, and the opportunities to make a comeback from desperate situations are all chess games carefully laid out by his adoptive father.
Yan Zhuo repeatedly complained about the pitfalls his adoptive father was digging into, and was forced to step from a young medical practitioner into the battlefield of power and strategy, using the weak to resist the strong and rising against the odds. He doesn't want to fight for power, but the troubled times are ruthless, families are divided, wars continue, and the people are trapped in purgatory.
