Jingkang is covered in dust, and the Central Plains is sinking. Under the ashes of the overthrow of the Northern Song Dynasty, the North and the South were in confrontation, and the chess game in troubled times was undercurrent. The leader of the court and the powerful ministers are plotting against Zhongliang, and the Jin soldiers in the north are eyeing. There are also undercurrents from all sides entrenched in the cracks of the troubled times, stirring up the situation, and putting the mountains and rivers of the Song Dynasty in danger.
Duan Changren, burdened with old sins and the past, has a cold and taciturn temperament, and is decisive and ruthless in his actions. He is accustomed to bearing pressure alone and hides his edge. He is a lone sword hidden in the shadow of troubled times. He never talks lightly about friendship, but sticks to his true heart with his life.
Huang Yunxuan is transparent and open-minded, smart and courageous, and is best at seeing through people's hearts and solving dilemmas. She is like the wind in troubled times, breaking through Shen Yan's tight haze, and redeeming each other's deep fate with sincerity and magnanimity.
One is cold and one is warm, one is silent and one is clear, the two people who are strangers meet each other in the Yue family's military camp. They deal with the intrigues of the court, the bloody battles on the battlefield, and the undercurrents of troubled times, and face the dilemmas of treacherous officials, pressure from foreign enemies, and unpredictable people.
When the twelve gold medals are coming, when Zhongliang's road ahead is about to collapse, when the torrent of troubled times carries all living beings ups and downs. This pair of comrades in troubled times, who depend on each other brightly and secretly, are unwilling to sit back and watch the mountains and rivers sink and the heroes end. They use their bodies as swords and their righteousness as torches, hold on to their original aspirations, and go against the chess game in troubled times, trying to break through the shackles of fate and strive for the stability of the country and the country in order to defeat the Song Dynasty.
The embers of Jingkang have not been extinguished, and the war between the north and the south continues. Shadows follow people as they travel through mountains and rivers, and in troubled times, only you and I stand side by side, living up to our loyalty and justice, and living up to the common people.