Lu Yuan, a modern man, transmigrates into a novel and becomes the Prince of Chu of the Great Qian dynasty, commanding an army of 800,000 well-supplied troops. To curry favor with Liu Ruyan, the new emperor issues an imperial decree forcing him to surrender his military authority and return to the capital to face execution. Extremely rational, Lu Yuan immediately has the imperial envoy seized and declares his army's mobilization. Using swift and overwhelming force, he crushes one absurd plot after another, wipes out the remnants of the imperial family and the corrupt elements of the court, and ultimately ascends the throne to establish a new dynasty where strength and rules reign supreme.