Qin Xiao transmigrates into a rebel army and becomes its strategist, only for the uprising to fail. Captured and awaiting execution, he is on the brink of despair when Yinyue, the empress’s personal guard, selects him and takes him into the palace.
Qin Xiao discovers that Empress Xia Qingyue is the ultimate villain, the “Tyrant,” from a game, and that she harbors an inexplicable murderous intent toward him.
Thinking quickly, he uses the “enfeoffment system” to quell turmoil at court and earn the empress’s favor.
After being reborn nine times and failing every time, Xia Qingyue both fears Qin Xiao, seeing him as a future enemy, and desires his heaven-defying schemes. She decides to keep him close and watch him.
Qin Xiao gains access to cultivation resources and awakens the “heaven-defying comprehension” golden finger, beginning to reveal his true strength.
