The moment corporate drone Lin Mo opens his eyes, he finds himself as Crown Prince Zhu Yi, hanging from a crooked tree beside Coal Hill! A noose tightens around his throat, the capital has fallen, his foolish emperor father has hanged himself, and an old eunuch is forcing him to drink poison and "die with honor for the nation"
Zhu Yi turns the tables and strangles the eunuch who has held power for nine thousand years. Blood splatters across the Hall of Supreme Harmony!
The capital has become a living hell: starving refugees resort to cannibalism, while corrupt merchants hoard grain and collude with the enemy!
He cuts down his traitorous uncle, sending the man's head crashing through the imperial desk;
He tramples the eight great Shanxi merchant houses, and a million taels of silver stain the city moat red!
But he has no idea that a fragment of the soul of a mad, demonic ancestor lies within him
"Well done! Once the dragon energy fills your body... that will be the moment I seize it and live again!"
Ahead, Li Zicheng's million-strong rebel army besieges the passes.
Behind him, the Jianzhou cavalry breaks through the Great Wall.
And the foolish emperor on the throne begs for mercy by offering up his lands:
"You unfilial son! Your head could buy me a few more days of life..."
Zhu Yi climbs the steps through the blood, sword in hand:
"I will rebuild this realm myself, with the blade!"
