Chen An, a top graduate from one of China’s elite universities, had been crushed by the pressures of modern life. He thought death was his only escape, but when he opened his eyes, he found himself a poor scholar in ancient times, newly jilted by his fiancée.
He once believed knowledge could change his fate, only to be defeated by the harsh realities of life. Now, armed with a wealth of learning and a proud, solitary spirit, he vowed to make a name for himself in this strange and decaying age. He would no longer be a powerless nobody at the mercy of others. He would use the spark of modern civilization to set this world ablaze.
Using modern physics, he created astonishing machines that made people exclaim, “A master craftsman reborn!” He reshaped the empire’s commercial landscape with economic principles, bringing the great merchants of the realm to heel. And with one timeless poem after another, he put the supposedly brilliant young literati to shame.
As he climbed step by step to the pinnacle of power, the scholars hailed him as the “Sage of Letters,” the common people revered him as the “Grain King,” and doctors honored him as the “Medicine Immortal.” Even the lofty Empress was captivated by him. Once dismissed as a useless live-in son-in-law, he now had the whole realm swooning over him.
In the end, the entire world would go mad for him alone.
This book is really beautiful! The plot is compact and not procrastinating, the characters are vivid and three-dimensional, and the emotional lines are also written very delicately. The author's writing style is fluent and his ideas are clever. He always gives me new surprises when I think it's going to be cliche. There was no peeing during the whole process. I highly recommend it to friends who are book lovers! I hope the author will continue to work hard and update!