Starting as a Bastard Son, I Copy a Thousand Bloodlines and Become Emperor

The most miserable illegitimate son in Great Chu: his birth mother died young, and everyone trampled him into the dirt!

People mocked him as a witless good-for-nothing, never knowing he had the "Ten Thousand Meridians Copy System" hidden in his arms. He could beat up the gate guards and steal their body-tempering arts, knock down arrogant legitimate sons and snatch their Earth-grade martial skills, and even turn street thugs' rough-and-ready tricks into stepping stones!

On the day of the royal trial, as everyone waited to see him make a fool of himself, Xiao Wuji, who was always drooling, suddenly opened his eyes. The ten thousand meridians throughout his body rang in unison. “You trampled me before. Today, I’ll make you pay with interest. I’ll climb to the top over your corpses!”

“This fool thinks he’s fit to take part in the trial?” In the Golden Throne Hall, the legitimate son hurled a poisoned sword at him.

Xiao Wuji wiped the foolish grin from the corner of his mouth. A red flash flickered from the System in his sleeve. The body-tempering art of the Black Armor Guards he had beaten three days ago, the Cloud-Piercing Spear he had seized from a clansman last night, and the “Nine-Life Mystic Cat Blood” left to him by the demoness were all surging through his meridians.

He tilted his head and swung his sword, severing the legitimate son’s wrist tendons on the spot. “Do you think you’re worthy of experiencing what it’s like to copy ten thousand meridians?” Only then did everyone realize that the illegitimate son they had always treated as a joke had already stolen every bloodline martial art in the capital.

The day the Northern Rong invaded, the emperor pointed at Xiao Wuji. “You’re going to put down the rebellion. If you die, that’s on you. If you survive... I’ll consider it a favor.” The whole court burst into laughter. Who didn’t know this illegitimate son was a good-for-nothing who hadn’t even reached the Body Tempering Realm?