[Behind the tyrant's mask, who knows I have been enduring hardship and biding my time?]
A modern soul awakens in an instant, only to find himself in the body of Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui, trapped in the desperate siege of Yanmen. Three hundred thousand Turkic cavalry surround him, the Great Sui dynasty is on the brink of collapse, and the history books have already decreed that he will die and his empire will fall in just three years.
But I am here now, and I refuse to accept this fate!
From the start, it's hell:
Within the court, the Yuwen clan's murderous intentions toward the emperor are plain to see. Beyond it, Li Tang and the heroes of Wagang are watching like hungry tigers. Cihang Jingzhai claims to choose an emperor on Heaven's behalf, while the Demon Sect's Two Factions and Six Paths throw the court into chaos. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, the two future “Chosen Ones,” are quietly rising from humble beginnings.
In this desperate situation, I will play a grand game for all under heaven:
Under the name of a tyrant, I will wield the thunderbolt of power and use modern wisdom to rebuild the foundations of the empire. The great clans? They are all my pawns! The martial world? Every last one of them is a blade in my hand!
Everyone calls me a foolish ruler, a tyrant. But they don't know that I mean to bring peace to the world for ten thousand generations, and let the dragon banner of Great Sui shine forever across the land!
When the day comes that I cast off my disguise and return to the summit, Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling, will you two dragons bow to me, or oppose me and see whether you can… slay the true dragon?
Contradictory statements, confusion surrounding the path to grace.
Highly poisonous, do not enter.
It's really well written!
Two words: indecisive. What about the Twin Dragons, Wang Shichong, and Li Shimin? They've all fled to Luoyang, and you're still just sending people to monitor them? Why not just chop them all down?
It's alright, but there are some contradictions and grammatical errors. The logic is sometimes flawed; for example, one chapter states that Dou Jiande said he surrendered, but the next chapter completely ignores that. The story itself is decent, better than most novels in my opinion, but the logic isn't very solid. Also, thorough proofreading is necessary before publication. (After reading the reviews...)