Wuxia Crossover: A Puppet Emperor from the Start? Reading Unlocks Divine Arts

After transmigrating as Zhu Houzhao, ruler of the Ming Dynasty, he thought he could lie flat and enjoy life.

Who knew the eunuch by his side would be Cao Zhengchun, his royal uncle in court would be the Iron-Gallant Divine Marquis Zhu Wushi, and the two of them would respectively treat him as a puppet and covet his throne? Even more absurdly, his queen, Wu Meiniang, was a member of the Yin Kui Sect, secretly controlling the government.

Three factions had him trapped in the fire.

Then, on a whim, he opened a memorial...

"Ding! You read Zhu Wushi's manuscript and obtained the Beiming Divine Art."

"Ding! You read Wu Meiniang's manuscript and obtained the Heavenly Demon Art."

While other people struggled through their training, he could get divine arts simply by reading.

From then on, Zhu Houzhao devoured manuscripts: memorials, secret letters, sword manuals, even the martial arts manuals of his enemies... The more he read, the stronger he became.

At court, the three factions fought each other to the death, all believing he was still the same puppet.

What they didn't know was that this "useless ruler" had quietly become the best in the world through reading.

And when the truth was revealed, everyone discovered in horror...

The most ruthless one had never been Cao Zhengchun or Zhu Wushi.

It was the puppet emperor who had watched them put on their show with a smile all along.

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