Overworked office drone Li Mo transmigrates to the Tianbao era of the Tang Dynasty, where he becomes a frontier commandant on the brink of starvation. The Tibetans raid from outside, while corrupt ministers cut off his supplies from within. With nowhere left to turn, he binds himself to the System of Ten Thousand Generations of Rebels. Its mission: overthrow the Li Tang dynasty and claim the throne for himself!
Should he seize the moment and rebel, or defy fate and save the empire? Li Mo chooses a third path: use the System's resources to pursue his own vision of good governance! He grows potatoes, smelts high-grade steel, trains a powerful army, and builds a magnificent city amid the Gobi Desert. The crown prince sees him as a pillar of the state, while the System curses him as a worthless ingrate.
When the flames of the An Lushan Rebellion consume the empire's golden age, Li Mo leads a cavalry force from another era and stands against a million rebels. At that moment, the System rumbles: “Ultimate mission complete. Ascend the throne at once!” Li Mo, sword in hand and mounted on his horse, smiles serenely. “Whoever wants to be emperor can have the job. My empire is the beautiful world behind me.”
