Iron-Blooded Dragon Vanguard: From Orphaned General’s Heir to Founding Sage Ruler

In the twelfth year of the Tianqi era of Great Liang, war fires suddenly blazed along the northern frontier. Zhang Chen, heir to the Marquis of Zhenbei, was still a youth when he bested the border garrison's martial arts field with his spear, revealing his brilliance for the first time. But dark currents were already swirling at court. The powerful minister Jia Sidao colluded with the Northern Di and framed loyal officials. In a single night, the marquis's residence was destroyed, and blood stained the palace steps. Protected at the cost of his life by the family retainer Qin Shan, Zhang Chen fled into the wilderness, carrying the hatred of his family's massacre with him.