The Empress Dowager Rules from Behind the Curtain? I'll Split the Heavenly Gate and Beat Her to Death

In the year 847 of the Great Li dynasty, a meteor fell outside Xianyang City. A line of text was carved into it: "The one who brings about the dynasty's fall is Mu."

Xu Mu transmigrates into a comprehensive martial arts world and becomes the emperor of the Great Li dynasty.

Empress Dowager Li Yiyun holds power over the court. As a puppet emperor, Xu Mu is controlled at every turn and treated like a fool.

If events follow their original course, he will become a tyrant who kills without restraint, reviled by the people and remembered as a foolish ruler for the ages. In the end, he will be forced to kill himself.

At the crucial moment, his System awakens.

"Congratulations, Host. You have slain a treacherous minister, eliminated the allusion to calling a deer a horse, and changed the course of the story. Reward: the maid Qingniao."

"Congratulations, Host. You have beaten up the charlatan Xu Fu, stopped him from sailing overseas, and wiped out the future Yamato people, changing the course of history. Reward: the dragon qilin mount."

"Congratulations, Host. You have saved Jian Jiuhuang and beaten up Wang Xianzhi atop Wudi City. You have obtained the Sword Intent of the Great River and opened the Gate of Heaven with your sword."

Empress Dowager of Great Li: My dear son, the ministers are forcing their way into the palace. What do you think?

Xu Mu: My fate is mine to control, not Heaven's. I want Mother to wear stockings and kneel on a durian...

That year, wind and snow swept through the capital, and I made a stunning name for myself!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.