Troubled times are like a furnace, and human lives are like wages.
The war of the Five Dynasties is not far away, and the separatist regime of the Ten Kingdoms has returned. There is no real dragon here, only four giant towers - Zhang, Wang, Zhao and Liu, occupying the majestic pass, supporting private soldiers, controlling power, and competing with each other, turning thousands of miles of mountains and rivers into a flesh and blood hunting ground for the weak and the strong.
When rituals collapse and music breaks down, outlines often disappear. Father and son are suspicious of each other, brothers are at war with each other, allies are turning against each other, and husband and wife are enemies. Power is the only aphrodisiac, survival is the ultimate law. Here, beauty can be a weapon, tenderness can be poison, and sincerity... Is the first sacrifice to be cut out on the altar.
He is Zhang Chen, born in the darkest corner of the Zhongming Dingshi family. There is no spiritual root at all, and they are abandoned like worn-out shoes. Prosperity has nothing to do with him, warmth is just an illusion. The meaning of existence seems to be just to be carefully wrapped up by the family on a certain winter day and sacrificed to the highest and most terrifying tower - to the tyrant named Liu who greased his authority with blood and built his throne with bones.
Survival is instinct, the system is a joke. "Get love"? How could there be love in those scarlet eyes that could only see conquest and destruction?
Once you are in a desperate situation, you will not escape. Don't beg for mercy. Not crawling.
The shackles are wrapped around him, so he drags them and dances. Staring into the abyss, he jumped towards the abyss.
Intriguing family disputes are the background, and poignant and hopeless love entanglements are the embellishments. This is a bloody road from sacrifice to chess player, squeezing life from impossible places, tempering and rebirth in the flames of destruction.
See how the abandoned son disrespects gods and demons, is not afraid of cause and effect, and uses himself as a bargaining chip to stir up troubles in all directions at the top of this chaotic world. In the end——
Burn the old palace to ashes and create a new sky by itself.
