Stealing the Dragon Throne

People only know that the Great Yan was founded a thousand years ago. Few realize that these past centuries have been a scheme to steal the throne, plotted by seven states.

Those seated high in the Zichen Palace are all puppets; the fertile lands of the Nine Provinces have all become grazing grounds.

Shen Yan, a Hanlin scholar, was once a lone official guarding the archives. But amid blood and fire, he finally understood:

What he had been protecting all along was not this prison called Great Yan, but the legitimate Great Xia dynasty, erased from history for centuries.

Break the alliance. Drive out the foreign invaders. Restore our rightful heritage.

This time, he would not be a bookkeeper. He would be the one moving the pieces.