Sword Pointing to the Heavens: Ruling the World

The ninth prince of the Longshan Empire, Ye Yunxiao, was sent to the cold palace by his father as a child because his mother was from a barbarian tribe. He survived only thanks to his wet nurse and a few young eunuchs.

At twelve, his father drove him out of the palace and exiled him to the bitterly cold frontier, where he lived each day on the brink of death, eating raw meat and drinking blood.

After barely surviving until he was sixteen, he was forcibly conscripted and spent his days fighting for his life on the edge of a blade.

Meanwhile, the other princes his age wore gold and silver and enjoyed every luxury.

Perhaps because his first half of life had been so miserable, Heaven took pity on him. Once Ye Yunxiao reached the battlefield, he showed extraordinary talent as a military commander and made a fearsome name for himself in just four years.

At twenty-one, he became the army's supreme commander. Over the next three years, he reformed the military, put down the sand bandit rebellion, and won two hundred thousand li of territory for the Longshan Empire.

By all appearances, Ye Yunxiao was destined to become the Longshan Empire's greatest hero.

But twenty days ago, his elder brother told their father that Ye Yunxiao had colluded with foreign tribes and planned to usurp the throne!

His father then issued twelve golden decrees, forcibly recalled Ye Yunxiao to the capital, stripped him of all military power, and threw him into the death cell to await execution.