Chronicles of a Troubled Age

I, Yan Guhong, am the eldest grandson of the martial arts Yan family. Born frail and weak, I was pronounced unlikely to live past twenty, and my entire clan treated me like a useless cripple.

But no one knows that inside this sickly body lives a university history professor who knows the lives of every famous general throughout the ages.

The Spirit Heroes of Rivers and Mountains Codex awakened. Bai Qi, Han Xin, Yue Fei, Li Cunxiao: the greatest warriors in history, all answer to my command. I know how each one of them died: the snow at Wind and Wave Pavilion, the drums in the Chang Le Bell Chamber, the execution ground where men were torn apart by five horses. This time, I will lead them to rewrite their fates.

But I won't become emperor. In this chaotic age, I'll choose a wise ruler, personally raise him into an emperor for the ages, then retreat to the mountains with my wife and children.

The land is at peace, and the dream comes to an end. In this chaotic age, what is real, and what is not?