A young man born in 2000 transmigrates into the body of an impoverished scholar in Longxi at the end of the Sui Dynasty. War sweeps him into the army, and his military achievements earn him an official post in the early Tang Dynasty. But as he searches for a way back to the modern world, he travels across mountains and seas with merchant caravans and fleets. By the time he finally finds the road home, he has already lived an entire lifetime in another era.
