A Hundred-Year-Old Immortal, and Hongwu Emperor's Own Father!

Zhu Changye transmigrates to the Ming Dynasty as Zhu Yuanzhang's father. His son leaves home to make his way in the world, while Zhu Changye dies beneath the blades of a rebel army. A year after his death, a cultivation System finally arrives. He crawls out of his grave and spends fifty years cultivating in seclusion on Mount Longhu. When he hits a bottleneck at the Nascent Soul stage, the System gives him a prompt: descend the mountain and improve the Ming Dynasty's fortunes.

In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Crown Prince Zhu Xiongying dies young, Empress Ma falls gravely ill, and Zhu Yuanzhang's hair turns white overnight. Zhu Changye descends the mountain with effortless grace, opens the coffin from afar, seizes the soul to extend its life, and pulls Zhu Xiongying back from the underworld. The eight-year-old wakes up and immediately bows to become his disciple. Zhu Changye teaches him the way of cultivation and sets three rules: after a hundred years in the mortal world, he must retire from public life.

Zhu Xiongying's return from the dead shocks the entire court. Zhu Yunwen and his mother had already prepared to take the throne, but their dream is shattered in an instant. Zhu Yuanzhang clasps his hands toward the sky. "Whoever this great master may be, I, Zhu Yuanzhang, thank you." Zhu Changye looks down at the palace from the clouds, the corner of his mouth lifting. Chongba is still as quick to cry as he was when he was a boy.

The hundred-year-old immortal is none other than the Hongwu Emperor's own father. The fortunes of the Ming Dynasty begin to turn around with his grandson's resurrection.

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