The setting is the untamed age of the Yan Emperor and the Huang Emperor, when countless heroes compete for supremacy across the Central Plains. Emperor Shennong, the leader the whole world acknowledges, has just died, and the champions of the five tribes of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are poised to act. Amid this upheaval, a young boy named Tuoba Ye appears out of nowhere and, through sheer chance, receives the inheritance Shennong leaves behind as he dies. That stroke of luck sets him on a thrilling, legendary journey. Action, adventure, and fantasy come together in a story set during a turbulent struggle for power.