At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Cao Mengde (played by Yu Hewei), a powerful hero of his generation, rose to fame among the competing heroes. He took the embattled Emperor Xian Liu Xie to Xudu, used the power of the emperor to command the princes, and gradually developed a disobedient heart for the overlord. While ruthlessly eradicating dissidents, Prime Minister Cao searched for filial, honest and virtuous people...