Reborn as the Founding Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty

I opened my eyes one day to find myself back on the streets of Wancheng at the end of the Xin dynasty, with famine victims everywhere.

The bloody grudge from my previous life, when the Gengshi Emperor grew suspicious of me and had me poisoned, remained unsettled. Now I had to face three deadly threats: Wang Mang's iron cavalry closing in, infighting within the Lulin Army, and the cold indifference of the great clans.

The star chart that appeared in my palm could reveal the sudden storm that would strike during the decisive Battle of Kunyang, and even foretell the blood-red dawn when my elder brother would die. Yet every time I defied fate, it felt as if my heart and bones were being carved out.

When the twenty-eight stars' generals gathered beneath my banner, when the Yin family's bamboo slips concealed wise strategies for governing the realm, and when the Guo family's iron cavalry stormed Handan's gates, this game of chess with the world at stake would finally be mine to play, moving first with the black pieces.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.