Douji Island was originally a barren, uninhabited wasteland shrouded in mist off the coast of the East Sea. After more than a century of cultivation by five generations of the Ye family, it became a secluded paradise of lush flowers and grass, clear mountains, and beautiful waters. Ever since their ancestor first arrived here more than three hundred years ago, the Ye family had guarded the island from generation to generation.
Ye Qingping was designated the island's sixteenth lord from the moment he was born. He seemed to shine with light, blessed by his ancestors. But after his loved ones passed away one after another, he fell gravely ill following his father's death. With no other choice, he shut himself away, refused all visitors, and recuperated at home. The island's affairs were left in the hands of Governor Wang Yanzhuo.
Wang Yanzhuo was ambitious and talented, with a gift for handling people. He placed his trusted aides in important positions within the Governor's Office while forging ties with the island's powerful figures from every walk of life. With his support, five fellow townsmen who had arrived on Douji Island alongside him quickly amassed enormous fortunes.
As power and wealth changed hands, the newly risen forces grew arrogant and domineering. The island's old elite families were rapidly pushed out of Douji Island's center of power, while the senior officials who had once served in the Governor's Office could only keep a low profile, avoid confronting them, and wait for Ye Qingping to return.
Though Ye Qingping had withdrawn from the world, he had witnessed every kind of human suffering. Though he stood at the top of the food chain, he despised tyranny. A blood-written plea from an old woman on the banks of the Ruoshui River finally ignited his resolve to strike down the powerful.
Beneath Douji Island's seemingly peaceful vision of prosperity, passions ran high and undercurrents surged.
Theme: With a heart that faces death to live, build a tomb for tyranny.
