The Legend of the Qilin in The Unbending

[Fanfiction + transmigration + no System + alternate history + wuxia]

When Zhang Qiling, bearer of the power of the Qilin, arrives in the early Tang dynasty during the Zhenguan era.

With no System to rely on, he has only his peak strength and memories from another world. Yuan Tiangang takes him on as a disciple. He joins the Great Tang’s Bureau of Investigation, enters the Imperial Guards, fights on the frontier, and is ennobled as a marquis. A bond quietly grows within the palace, while on the battlefield he bears the weight of his country and people.

Ancient tombs abound along the way, and one perilous adventure follows another. Secrets of tomb raiding and ancient ruins appear one after the other.

Peace proves fleeting, and the An Lushan Rebellion engulfs the land. Yuan Tiangang, who has been both teacher and father to him, takes a path that leads in the opposite direction. Fate and the human heart, the dynasty and its people: master and disciple, once close, now turn against each other.

The first 390 chapters delve into the turbulent history of the Tang dynasty. After chapter 390, the jianghu storyline of the Bureau of Investigation fully begins. An epic spanning a hundred years slowly unfolds.