The Hostage’s Quest for the Throne: From Li Qiu to Ruler of All Under Heaven

(Extra chapters from the start! Come and read!) A hostage prince? I am the ruler of all under heaven! After transmigrating as Li An, a hostage in the state of Shen, he spends ten years hiding his edge, honing his skills, befriending heroes, and winning over the princess, Shen Zhaojun. Will returning home land him in a deadly trap? He turns the tables! Yang Jing invades? He turns enemies against one another and helps Li Liang, the future God of War, achieve the incredible feat of conquering a state with just three thousand men! When he can endure no longer, he bathes the palace in blood and proclaims himself ruler! He reforms officialdom, introduces new laws, and, with the virtuous Shen Zhaojun at his side, combines literary and military talents to defend the northern frontier in the Battle of Taodu! He forms an alliance and declares himself king. Does Jing dare to make trouble? He kills its envoy and burns its ancestral temple! The father-and-son war gods Li Liang and Li Nian settle the north in the campaign to crush Jing, while fire in the Ziwu Valley engulfs their powerful foe! Ten years later, Guangling and Ning renew hostilities. Pursued by an army of four hundred thousand, he pulls off a desperate “Four Crossings of the Chishui”! He wins a great victory at Fengming Mountain and captures the fortified city of Luzhou! Shen stabs him in the back? The queen guards the gates and refuses to let her brother in! Meanwhile, he sweeps across the south, destroys Guangling, pacifies Shen, and brings Ning to heel! From condemned prisoner to supreme ruler, from lone hostage prince to master of a vast realm! With famous generals at his side and the emperor and empress united, watch Li An carve out an imperial path through this bloody age of chaos and unite the realm!