After Dying Miserably 99 Times, I Gave Up and Became an Emperor for the Ages

Reborn as an emperor, Wei Zhuang had hoped to build a great legacy. But no matter how hard he tried, he could never escape death. In his first life, rebels killed him. In his second life, he purged the imperial court, only for the States of Wei and Wu to join forces against him. The Qian Kingdom fell, and Wei Zhuang died. In his third life, he repelled the enemy’s first assault, but they later swept through his defenses. The Qian Kingdom fell, and Wei Zhuang died. In his fourth life, he made some progress and repelled two enemy assaults, but in the end, the Qian Kingdom still fell, and Wei Zhuang died. In his fifth life… In his sixth life… Though he kept dying, Wei Zhuang made progress with every life, until… In his sixty-sixth life, he held off the States of Wei and Wu, launched a counterattack, destroyed both states, and unified the realm. Wei Zhuang thought, Surely I won’t have to die this time. But… In his sixty-seventh life, at the victory banquet, Wei Zhuang drank and choked to death. In his sixty-eighth life, at the victory banquet, Wei Zhuang ate and choked to death. In his sixty-ninth life, at the victory banquet, Wei Zhuang laughed himself to death. In his ninety-ninth life, Wei Zhuang reviewed his experience and decided victory banquets were bad luck for him. He simply canceled the celebration and went straight back to his chambers to sleep. He thought, Surely I can’t die this way! But on the way back to his bedchamber, Wei Zhuang tripped over a rock and fell to his death. In his hundredth life, the emperor gave up. If he was going to die anyway, why bother trying? He might as well be a foolish ruler and enjoy the moment. But what Wei Zhuang never expected was that while his hardworking self could never escape death, the version of him who gave up would become an emperor for the ages…