Jiang Jin, a space-ability user from the 25th century, awakens in a chaotic era worse than the Five Barbarian Uprising. She has transmigrated into the body of Princess Jinyang, the sixth princess of Yan Country. Yan Country has been destroyed by the Heavenly Wolf tribe led by Jiao Kang. The King of Yan was beheaded, the Empress committed suicide, and the princess was given as a plaything to Jiao Liang, a general of the tribe. Jiang Jin finds herself chained and surrounded by soldiers escorting her to Liang City. She sees soldiers molesting a youth, her fiance Xu Xiao, while her sister Jiang Ru tries to sacrifice her to save Xu Xiao. A frail eunuch Dong Si tries to protect her and is beaten.Jiang Jin kills Colonel Zhao, a Han traitor, using a dagger. She then enlists the shackled and starved Zhou Sui, the former Yan God of War, who was captured after the fall of the city. Together they kill all thirteen soldiers. Jiang Jin then kills Jiang Ru and Xu Xiao, who had betrayed her in life and were responsible for her original body's difficult situation. She frees Zhou Sui and decides not to flee to the relative safety of Sizhou under the First Prince Jiang Chun. Instead, she chooses to go to Liang City to confront Jiao Liang, planning to use her space containing supplies and data from the 25th century to build her own power and seize grain stores.She organizes the survivors, including the consorts Feng and Liu, and Dong Si. They equip themselves with weapons from the dead soldiers. Jiang Jin reveals her competence and ruthlessness, taking control of the group. She washes and prepares to continue toward Liang City, setting her goal to destabilize Jiao Liang's stronghold and establish her own authority. The story establishes her origins, the loss of her country and family, her cruel treatment by the enemy, her acquisition of allies through decisive violence, and her immediate objective of marching into enemy territory to turn the tables. Her space ability provides her with essential resources, and her modern intelligence guides her strategic planning. The primary conflicts are against the occupying Jiao forces and the internal betrayals she has already punished. Her growth begins immediately as she transitions from a prisoner to a leader willing to kill and plan for survival. The narrative follows her first steps in a hostile world, setting the stage for a rebellion against those who destroyed her country and family.
