The Iron Empire: Starting as an Exiled Top Scholar

After transmigrating into the Great Qing as the top scorer in the imperial exams, Chu Yunhan is demoted to the frontier over the words "using labor to provide relief," becoming the court's laughingstock and earning the label of a "poisonous strategist."

Faced with barbarian cavalry and underhanded attacks from the court, he counters by bringing out a cutting-edge steelmaking method. When the frontier troops are equipped with blades and armor that can slice through iron like mud, their combat strength skyrockets tenfold, shaking the entire capital!

The emperor sends a princess to keep an eye on him, but she sends a letter that very night: "Father, I think he's building a space-based weapon that can summon meteors!" His political enemies bring him poisoned wine. He laughs and drinks it down. "This is a genetic serum. Thank you all for helping me become a god!"

As a million enemy troops surround the city and the whole court despairs, Chu Yunhan gazes up at the stars and asks with a quiet laugh:

"Tell me, have you ever seen... a meteor fall?"

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