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I downright fall under the spell of certain themes in either movies or series. This series had two of my favorites. Time travel and swashbuckling epic times full of exotic and romantic lore, legends, and traditions. And especially given my naïve Western upbringing, I am heart and soul smitten by Chinese fable and mythology. This series transported me back into time, like with the character, where I too could imagine myself beside them. Perhaps I have always secretly harbored a desire to be a valiant hero from another culture in the past.

A modern teen named Quin Fang (Hyde) has been born into a family renowned for their swordsmanship skills. Touring and messing with one of the family swords, he is suddenly transported magically back to the Qin Dynasty. By accident and under rather unpleasant circumstances, he meets Meng Yu (Huang Jing Zhou). Meng Yu is an orphan from a rival tribe of Quin Fang’s ancestors. Meng Yu is heavily engaged in a conflict with some henchmen when Quin Fang ‘intervenes’. The two escape, each with conflicting opinions about the emperor’s motives. They begin a quest to meet the first emperor who unites China to discover what his true intentions are. Their story peels back myths, legends, truths, and realities with each learning much about the other they did not know.

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