Cao Cao, Beginning with the Jingkang Humiliation

In the year 1127, a soul long since recorded in the history books arrives here.

Once the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, he is now Emperor Qinzong Zhao Huan, the last emperor of Northern Song, and a prisoner.

At this moment, the Great Song dynasty stands at a turning point in its fate.

The sixteen prefectures of the northern frontier have been lost for years. Countless people live at the mercy of others, accepted neither by the Jin nor by the Song, who regard them as outsiders.

Bandits run rampant across the Central Plains, leaving the people destitute and vast tracts of land abandoned.

The Jin army repeatedly raids south, while the Great Song army keeps yielding ground, to the point that it has lost the courage to resist.

Amid this age of chaos, Prime Minister Cao inherits the throne this time, at last with a legitimate claim. Will he fulfill his ambition to pacify the realm?

No! Before that, there’s a more urgent problem:

How can he escape from a heavily guarded temple deep in enemy territory?