The Ming Dynasty's Greatest Hero

The seventh year of Chongzhen's reign.

Smoke rises from the flames of war in every direction, and chaos is beginning to spread.

Within the empire, the Eight Great Kings, led by Chuang Wang, sweep up waves of refugees, treating human lives as worthless. Beyond its borders, the Manchus invade and plunder, leaving mountains of corpses. At court, the Chongzhen Emperor is stubborn and self-willed, while the Donglin faction, the Eastern and Western Depots, and the Embroidered Uniform Guard bring ruin to the nation and misery to its people. The Ming Dynasty seems peaceful on the surface, but undercurrents have long been surging beneath it.

That year, on Mount Erlang in Qingzhou Prefecture, Li Ce awoke from a grave illness.

A man should wear a sword, ride a horse, kill, and seize the realm!

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