The Qin Empire Begins in 1935

He is Ying Qi, the twentieth son of Qin Shi Huang, yet deep within his soul lies the memory of a world two thousand years in the future.

Just as the Great Qin Empire completes its transformation into a nation of steam and steel, poised to unify the world, a cataclysmic shift in the planes suddenly strikes. The entire continent of Qin vanishes into thin air, crosses the Pacific, and appears on the world map of 1910.

Overnight, the ancient empire collides with the great powers in their struggle for dominance. Dreadnoughts bear down on its shores, and waves of iron sweep across the globe. Qin's rifled guns and nascent steam engines are on the brink of collapse before an overwhelming technological advantage.

But Ying Qi remains calm.

He knows how history will unfold and holds a century's worth of technological knowledge. He builds warships with German technology, uses America to contain Japan, trains his forces through World War I, and establishes his might through World War II. From the raging Yellow Sea to the smoke of Europe, from the nuclear blast over Hiroshima to the race to the moon, in just thirty years he transforms Qin from prey surrounded by hunters into a hegemon gazing down upon the world.

When the flag of Xianyang Palace is planted on the moon, and the fleets of the great powers lower their masts before him, Ying Qi stands atop the world and surveys the vast lands below:

"If Heaven gives you a chance and you do not seize it, you will suffer for it. This world needs a new master."