Born with an ominous sign, Jia Lie was denounced by Grandmother Jia as a curse on the family. The Second Branch stole his birthright and, when he was only ten, threw him into a death-row camp on the Nine Frontiers to fend for himself.
In this certain-death predicament, Jia Lie awakened the [Great Wilderness Mountains and Seas Map of the Realm]!
The borderlands run out of grain? His grotto-heaven produces the sacred Zuyu herb, which keeps you from going hungry for a hundred days. His army can fill its stomach even without provisions!
His cavalry is weak? He refines the true blood of exotic beasts from the Great Wilderness, and his heavy cavalry tramples mountains like mud while azure luan birds strike across the sky!
After years of enduring ice and hardship, when a hundred thousand northern barbarian cavalry reach the passes and chaos engulfs the land, Jia Lie draws his blade and wins a glorious victory at Mount Langju!
An urgent courier races eight hundred li to the capital. Inside the Rongguo Mansion, Grandmother Jia is busy celebrating Baoyu's birthday, while the Second Branch is still embezzling the First Branch's estate.
Suddenly, outside the Hall of Golden Chimes, the master of ceremonies calls out:
"Announcing the arrival of Jia Lie, with the rank of Grandee in the Three Departments, Commander of the Nine Frontiers, Divine Martial Venerable, and Prince of Dingbei!"
The titles go on for half an incense stick. The officials tremble and prostrate themselves, and no one dares look upon his might!
The emperor wipes away cold sweat from the dragon throne and says with a wry smile, "My dear Jia, please rein in your powers... There isn't room in the Hall of Golden Chimes for all the people you've brought!"
Looking at Grandmother Jia and Lady Wang trembling on their knees, Jia Lie rests a hand on his saber and sneers, "Once, you cast me aside like trash. Now, you look at me as if I were a god!"
