I Transmigrated Into a Farmer's Son, and My Family Was Destroyed From the Start

After spending three years in the ICU, a Tsinghua PhD is declared brain-dead.

The doctors say he'll never wake up, but he awakens in a chaotic era called "Yongli."

He thinks he can stay alive by relying on his knowledge of history, but then...

His father is beaten to death, his younger sister is violated, his mother falls ill, and his second older brother is captured.

With his family destroyed and scattered, he sets off on the road to flee with the few loved ones he has left.

He's seen people resort to cannibalism, epidemics raging, and the bodies of three hundred villagers piled up at the village entrance.

The first time he kills someone, he throws up.

The first time he carries a wounded person, he walks ten li without saying a word.

Someone asks him what he wants to do with his life.

He says, "Make sure the people who follow me have enough to eat."

Everyone laughs.

Thirty years later, he stands atop the walls of Chang'an.

When the Xiongnu Chanyu sues for peace, he rebuffs the envoy with a single declaration:

"The Yongli dynasty will not offer princesses in marriage, pay tribute, cede land, or pay reparations. If you want war, I will fight you to the end."

Some say he is the Purple Star incarnate.

He says, "I'm no star. I'm just a farmer."

From farmer to founding emperor.

From crawling out of a pile of corpses to reaching the summit of Mount Tai.

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