Faced with an envoy sent by the Second Prince, whose power held sway over the court, Su Wen, the good-for-nothing young marquis in everyone’s eyes, was “granted” a chance to live. The envoy was smug, simply waiting for him to kowtow in gratitude.
Su Wen merely tapped his teacup and exposed the other man’s illicit salt trade, a crime that could wipe out his entire clan. The Jiangnan moneyman, who had been so arrogant just a moment earlier, dropped to his knees in terror and bowed in submission!
“I’ll take that deal.”
One move decided the world’s fate. One sentence turned death into life.
After his soul crossed over, Su Wen became a “useless fool” everyone could bully. But behind the scenes, he was a mastermind of supreme intelligence and ruthless cruelty. With an extraordinary analytical mind capable of deducing anything, he saw everything in the world as data, and no conspiracy or scheme could escape his notice.
This is a strange world where political intrigue intertwines with fantasy. Scholars can condense “literary hearts” to command the realm, warriors can gather “baleful energy” to intimidate the borders, and the supreme imperial authority is backed by “dragon energy.” Together, these three forces make up the “Mandate of Heaven system” that binds all living beings.
Su Wen wielded information as a blade and played people’s hearts like pieces on a board, setting traps within traps and weaving schemes within schemes. With his unmatched calculations, he turned the God of Wealth, battle-hardened generals, enemy princesses, and powerful court ministers into his pawns one by one.
He established the “Myriad Mechanisms Pavilion,” an intelligence empire spanning the realm, proceeding with careful, calculated steps as he searched for the shocking truth behind his father’s “forced suicide.”
When he finally discovered that the lofty emperor was the culprit who had imprisoned his father and twisted the truth, the game was no longer about survival.
It was about... changing dynasties!
