The Chengyao Era

As the Ming dynasty crumbles, Chongzhen hangs himself on Coal Hill. The land falls, and China bleeds and weeps.

Wang Hao, an ordinary modern soul, finds himself transported into this desperate age. He has nothing but the scraps of future knowledge in his mind, a spark to kindle hope. Starting as a refugee, he treats the wounded amid mountains of corpses and teaches farming in villages reduced to scorched earth, forging a battle-hardened army with the Manual of Militia Training.

He had hoped to turn the tide, but in the end he watched the great edifice collapse, with only the lament on Coal Hill remaining: “All civil officials deserve to die, but the people must not be abandoned.”

If he cannot save the old dynasty, then he will build a new world!

He will no longer be Wang Hao. Taking the name Wang Fuheng, he swears to restore China, using the weight of Earth to overcome the Qing dynasty’s floodwaters of Water!

He gathers refugees, welcomes the worthy, smelts steel, and promotes industry and commerce. The Jingnan Battalion battles the Tartars, while the Governor’s Office brings peace and prosperity. Auspicious signs abound, and a yellow dragon appears in the river. Heaven’s mandate is clear: inherit Heaven’s will and fortune, and establish the Triple Earth Virtue!

This is the epic tale of an ordinary man struggling through the apocalypse, then rising step by step to become the supreme founder of a dynasty.

It is a song of China’s revival, composed with iron, blood, fire, and wisdom.

See how the men of our generation build the most glorious dynasty in the darkest of times: Chengyao!

The Chronicles of Chengyao: an epic of Chinese expansion for all who refuse to sink into decline!