Everard, the heir of the North Lord, was born with the features of an emperor, his birth marked by a cosmic anomaly. To avoid the royal family’s suspicion, his maternal grandfather Vince secretly poisoned him and sealed him with a golden needle, only to recover at noon eighteen years later. Eighteen years on, the North Lord Victor dies, and the South Lord, under imperial orders but driven by personal revenge, comes to strip the Ye family of their military power and humiliate them. At the crucial moment, Everard reclaims his power recovers at noon. He annihilates his enemies, and, refusing to be used and discarded by the emperor, raises an army, storms the palace, and ultimately ascends the throne.
