[Not a wish-fulfillment story + No mindless plot + Excellent writing + Slow burn + The protagonist dons the imperial robes and unifies the Nine Provinces] [Dear readers, please read at your own pace!!!]
Yang Xiao leaves the martial world for the imperial court, where treacherous officials constantly hound him. After one loyal minister and capable general after another is slaughtered, Yang Xiao chooses to start anew and contend with the various vassal kings for the realm!
“General, what do you intend to do on this journey?”
“I go to the Yellow Springs to summon my old troops. With a hundred thousand banners, we shall slay Yama!”
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“I heard that, in the end, we all became legends of the martial world, our lives recounted in teahouses and taverns.”
