Underlying Dawn: The Rising Ruler

Episode 1

Royal Corp is hanging by a thread. Its valuation has plunged by 2 billion, and the board is out of ideas. Chairwoman Lydia Bell wants a strategy, not excuses, but every elite in the room insists the crisis is unstoppable — Cloud Corp is expanding into Zeno, and the major groups have turned on them.

Then a delivery man walks in asking for Miss Lydia Bell. Lars Baxter has a parcel and no patience for their panic. He tells the chairwoman she is treating a minor, amateur attack like a catastrophe. The room is stunned — and furious.

Episode 2

Lars Baxter doesn't back down. He tells Royal Corp to abandon Project Three, which has swallowed over 1.5 billion, and pour everything into Project Seven — the neglected field Cloud Corp is actually interested in. He calls it their only remedy.

The executives mock him. He's just a delivery man. What could he know about Cloud Corp, the world's leading financial giant? But the logic lands with Lydia Bell: if it works, Royal Corp could rise from the ashes. Before he leaves, he reminds her — he's only a courier, and she's a chairwoman holding a parcel.

Episode 3

Security is humiliated. Over thirty armed guards couldn't stop one delivery man from walking straight into the meeting room. They call him a monster. The board wants his words dismissed — he knows nothing about high society or business planning.

Then the call comes. Cloud Corp has informed Royal Corp it will invest 5 billion in Project Seven. Royal Corp will be the first company in Zeno to receive their funding. The man who barged in brought a miracle. Lydia Bell gives one order: investigate him. She wants to know everything about him by tonight.

Episode 4

The ten-year period is over. Joel, CEO of Cloud Corp, brings the cloud black card and welcomes the return of Lord Cloud. Lars Baxter is the third son of the Baxter family, and Cloud Corp has expanded into Arcton exactly as agreed.

The Baxter family arrives in seven days. Mr. Smith has been instructed to host a banquet at Horizon Manor to reveal Lars's identity. Lars gives one order: a $10 billion project goes to Myra, making her a primary partner. He has protected the Vega family for five years because Mr. Vega Senior once helped him. Tonight is the old man's birthday.

Episode 5

At a hotel suite, Myra is meeting Ian, deputy general manager of Cloud Corp's Arcton branch. Lars walks in with a delivery and finds them together. Ian explains they are old friends discussing business, and reminds everyone he was personally appointed by the legendary figure behind Cloud Corp.

Lars questions why business needs a hotel suite. Myra fires back that he's ignorant and narrow-minded — how could a delivery man understand business strategies? She tells him he only rushed over to deliver documents. Ian offers to help her with difficulties. She asks how she could possibly trust Lars as he is now.

Episode 6

Myra tells Lars she never expected him to become a senior executive like Ian. She only hoped he wouldn't disrupt her work or cause trouble. Lars says Ian isn't qualified at all — he himself is deputy head of Cloud Corp's Arcton branch. Myra dismisses him.

Before leaving, she reminds him tonight is her grandfather's birthday party, and warns him not to embarrass the family. Lars quietly says he was planning to glorify them tonight. Then he calls Joel and asks for a suit. At the party, Myra wishes Mr. Vega Senior health and longevity — but when Lars moves to sit, Alan stops him.

Episode 7

Alan refuses to let Lars sit with the family. He came empty-handed, showing no respect to Mr. Vega Senior. Lars says he arranged for a birthday gift that will be delivered shortly. Alan sneers — a colleague from the logistics company, no doubt.

The insults pile up. If not for Lars, Myra could have married into a prestigious family, and the party would be full. Lars points out the Vega family was modest five years ago and rose to the top in Arcton. The family insists that was Myra's talent alone. He's told to sit by the door or leave.

Episode 8

A guest arrives: Mr. Smith, claiming a close friendship with Myra. He tells Mr. Vega Senior about the Baxter family of Croit — the most influential family in Zeno — and about Lord Cloud, the third son who propelled Cloud Corp to greatness.

Mr. Smith says he was appointed by Lord Cloud and has secured a $10 billion project for the Vega family. The family is dazzled. Then Lars laughs. He asks why he has never seen Mr. Smith before, if Mr. Smith truly knows him. The implication lands hard: who is really Lord Cloud?

Episode 9

The gifts arrive. The Baxter family of Croit sends an imperial jade scepter, oriental pearls, a mansion, a sports car, gold bars, and 10 million in cash — all for Mr. Vega Senior. Lars says these are the birthday gifts he prepared. I told you I would glorify the Vega family tonight.

The family refuses to believe it. Only Mr. Smith has a connection to the Baxter family and Lord Cloud, they insist. Lars is accused of stealing credit just because his surname is also Baxter. Myra has had enough. She tells him she no longer has any expectations — and asks for a divorce.

Episode 10

Lydia Bell has the answer she wanted. The man who saved Royal Corp is Lars Baxter — a logistics worker and son-in-law of the Vega family, a family that treats him as a disgrace and despises him. She calls them ignorant.

She gives her orders: prepare a 30% Royal Corp shares transfer agreement, take the key card for the Regal Villa, and get the car ready. The company intends to pay a visit to the Vega family. Whatever the Vega family believes about Lars, Royal Corp is about to arrive at their door with an offer they never saw coming.

If you like a good underdog moment, this one is worth your next binge — watch how far one delivery man's secret goes.