From a Street Tabloid to the Number One Newspaper of the Republic

On the eve of the Hongxian era, the fate of the nation hangs by a thread. The aftermath of the Guichou newspaper disaster still lingers, yet counter-revolutionaries are already conspiring to restore the monarchy, ready to set the very foundation of the country ablaze. The press lies in ruin, the literary world is silenced in fear, and the long night stretches on without a single ray of light. Then Lin Wangzheng travels through time. Starting with the reform of a shabby street tabloid, he wields his pen like a blade, determined to pierce through the boundless darkness. Some call him the most outspoken journalist of his age; others deem him the sharpest and most daring man of letters; still others hail him as the most rebellious thinker of his generation. The world argues endlessly, plastering him with countless labels. "I, me? I'm hardly that remarkable... I just never forgot why I started."