This manga covers the Chu-Han Contention period of China. During the final days of China's Qin Dynasty, Emperor Qin Shi Huang dreams of his eventual fall from power. Fearing the message of the dream, he travels China in search for an elixir of immortality. During all this, the Emperor's Legalist train of thought causes him to brutally crack down on those who opposed his policies by burning their books and burying scholars... Meanwhile, multiple individuals rise up, each fighting one another to become the face of China's next dynasty.

|| Young Lions was the original seriaization title, It was later changed to Xiang Yu and Liu Bang for the book release||