A laboratory explosion sends modern military scientist Yang Heng’s soul back to the end of the Sui Dynasty, where he transmigrates into the body of Emperor Yang Guang. Facing an empire engulfed in war, he draws on the ancient wisdom of The Exploitation of the Works of Nature and modern technology to launch an industrial revolution that changes the course of history.
The curved-plow revolutionizes farming, three-bow repeating crossbows terrify the Turkic cavalry, and the Tiangong Institute gathers the realm’s greatest talents. Yet conspiracies by aristocratic clans and threats from the Turks and Goguryeo follow him like shadows. Stranger still, the bronze token of the “Tiangong Sect” that keeps appearing in his dreams is somehow connected to a bronze mirror gifted by Persian envoys, one said to foretell the future...
When Empress Xiao says through tears, “No matter who Your Majesty becomes, you will always be my husband,” and the mysterious Taoist allied with Yuwen Huaji reveals the truth behind the “transmigrator experiment,” Yang Guang finally understands: this is no simple rebirth, but a clash of civilizations spanning a thousand years.
Cutting-edge technology collides with ancient political intrigue, while an industrial revolution reshapes the Sui realm. See how a transmigrated Yang Guang uses modern thinking to build a foundation for the ages and become an emperor greater than Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han, the one ruler for all time!
