[Alternate history + no System + dynastic power struggles + empress + rebellion and founding an empire]
Chen Nanxuan, a grandmaster of ancient martial arts, transmigrates to the Great Yan dynasty and becomes the eldest legitimate son of the Prince of Zhending.
His father shows him no affection, his stepmother despises him, and even his half-brother wants him dead.
He beats his brother, then turns around and severs ties with the Prince of Zhending, leaving his household for good.
In the civil service examinations, he decisively defeats the Great Yan dynasty's eight most talented scholars!
In the military examinations, he crushes the dynasty's ten greatest prodigies!
Just as he earns the top honors in both civil and military examinations, his father, the Prince of Zhending, launches a rebellion.
He receives the empress's decree, dons his armor, takes up his sword, and leads an army to crush his own father.
The Prince of Zhending says, “Son, I'm your father. Are you really going to face me in battle?”
Chen Nanxuan replies, “The moment you drove my mother to her death, and the moment I left the Prince of Zhending's household, you stopped being my father!”
“Prince of Zhending, prepare to die!”
