The 74th year of the Xuanwu era.
Autumn.
The Da Li Dynasty had grown increasingly corrupt and weak.
After barely clinging to life for several decades, it had completely lost control over the four territories, existing in name only.
The world's power structure was being reshuffled.
Ambitious warlords, powerful clans, Vassal Kings, and great noble families...
After decades of open conflict and covert strife, of forging and breaking alliances, the political landscape gradually consolidated into a massive bloc of warlords led by four kings.
The late-blooming Prince Nanyang of the Southern Border.
The cruel and violent King of the Living Prison from the Northern Lands.
The fabulously wealthy King Bao Tong of the East Sea.
The skilled and battle-hardened King of Ten Thousand Victories from the Western Desert.
