Me, Starting with Sword Comes: One Man Guards the Nation's Gates

[Passion + protection + homeland + no saintly heroine] Xiang Ming faked his death beyond the borders to escape. As soon as he returned to Huaxia, the Emperor Beasts descended on the border and the King Beasts laid siege to the cities. Every citizen of the Huaxia Empire took up arms, fighting to the death with burning hearts and refusing to retreat, shouting, “Even if we die nine times, we have no regrets!” The Huaxia Empire stood on the brink of disaster, facing the threat of annihilation that very day. Seeing the ruin before him, Xiang Ming’s mind cleared. Even with no weapon in hand, his cultivation gone and his source damaged, he would still strike down the invading enemies when no one else could draw a sword. “Come, sword!”