A young man tormented by endless nightmares seeks counsel from a blind fortune teller, only to be transported into a martial arts realm mirroring the wuxia tales of his past. Within this world, a mysterious tome materializes periodically in the heavens, displaying the power rankings of formidable cultivators vying for supremacy during an era of chaos. Obsessed with deciphering the enigmas surrounding his unwilling arrival and unlocking the world's hidden truths, he pursues advancement through the tome's hierarchy while desperately searching for a way to return home. Blade in hand and wine at his side, he wanders the jianghu with grace and beauty haunting his every step. A swordsman caught between two worlds struggles to find his footing in a martial society that grows increasingly elusive with each passing moment. Every chapter of the Tome of Troubled Times sweeps decades across the jianghu's rain-soaked nights. In a single glance backward, the mortal world crumbles beneath his feet.