Aurelius had just transmigrated into the eldest prince of the Great Hua Dynasty, who had been guarding the frontier for five years, when he received an imperial decree ordering his execution. "What? I command six hundred thousand troops, and you want me dead?" Aurelius fought his way back to the capital, slew the treacherous rebels, and seized the throne—only to discover at the very last moment that it was all a trial orchestrated by Emperor Zenith himself.