Eighteen years after traveling back to the end of the Han dynasty, Dian Mo has been hiding in the kitchen of Cao Cao's camp, waiting for the chance to make a name for himself. When Lü Bu seizes Yan Province and Cao Cao suffers a crushing defeat at Puyang, Dian Mo turns the tide with three predictions and a strategy of surrounding the enemy to draw out reinforcements. He even has his elder brother, Dian Wei, face Lü Bu head-on on the battlefield, earning fame in a single battle. From then on, the brothers combine intelligence and bravery, recruiting fierce generals, training elite troops, improving weapons, and plotting to conquer the realm as they help Cao Cao rise step by step amid the struggle for supremacy among the warlords.