Severe drought in the north, refugees fleeing south, taxes doubling. Before the chaos of troubled times struck down, he was just a boy going deep into the mountains to hunt. At thirteen, with a single rope, he hoisted his entire family up a precipice, built a stove and penned chickens in a cave, cleared wasteland, and raised the only smoke from a kitchen hearth in troubled times upon the cliff peak. He held a bow to support his family, held books to change his destiny, took in an orphan girl as a sister, and sheltered refugees into a village. What he guarded was not just a cave, but a family's life—the imperial examination path to success for the people on the cliff begins here.