[Strong female lead + transmigration into an alternate world after the An Lushan Rebellion + karma across three lives + cultivation + political intrigue + extraterrestrial life + follows Wu Zetian's example to rule the Great Yan realm + not mutually chaste]
The heroine, Yan Chenlin, is the Maple Country director of the Black Fog Hall on the modern planet Bluewater. To investigate the bombing that killed the hall's master fighters, she decides to return to Black Fog Hall headquarters. While flying over the scene, her plane is destroyed in a powerful magnetic storm, and she dies.
She transmigrates into Lu Wanning, the illegitimate daughter of the Marquis of Changning. She quickly realizes that her supposed father, Lu Dezhao, has been embroiled in a major treason case. As tensions simmer between the two sides, Yan Chenlin manages to fake her death first and escape, breaking free from the identity of a marquis's daughter in a household on the verge of annihilation.
At this time, the Great Cang and its powerful northern rival, Great Yan, are both at the height of their prosperity. With her exceptional intelligence and strategic skill, Yan Chenlin navigates the forces of both nations and the Western Regions while constantly cultivating and growing stronger. Through the help of Great Yan's Third Prince, Murong Hai, she successfully enters the heart of the Great Yan court's power.
Throughout her journey, she adopts multiple identities to maneuver among powerful experts, never once giving ground.
More than ten years later, the situation in Great Yan changes dramatically. With her wings fully spread, Yan Chenlin resolves to realize her ambitions and unify the realm so she will never again be controlled by others. She secretly takes the young emperor of Great Yan hostage, rules from court as Empress Dowager Yan, and governs the dynasty. Wise and decisive, she institutes benevolent policies and wins the people's hearts. With the support of Great Yan's civil and military officials, she finally ascends the throne as empress and rules the realm, becoming the second Wu Zetian.
When Yan Chenlin reaches one hundred years of age, a familiar yet long-missed voice carries her from her dreams to the Sacred Realm of Haotian, beginning another extraordinary journey.
The opening chapter is very attractive. After reading it in one go, I will continue to follow the article. Good luck, author!