Soren, an elite special forces soldier, is reborn in Great Liang as a despised gambler who tried to sell his wife to a brothel for debts. Thrown into hell—poverty, bullies, and his wife—he tears contract and severs a finger. With brutal combat skills that slay bears and tigers, and industrial genius turning sugar and steel into wealth, he rises from scum to a power that shakes the empire, conquering enemies claiming the world.