[Warhammer 40K + Toppling the Imperium + Primarchs Finding a New Dad + Hegemony + Black Technology? Farming]
He swept across the six realms and united all beneath heaven.
Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, the emperor for the ages, opens his eyes once more on Holy Terra, only to find himself seated on the Golden Throne of the Imperium of Man.
The God-Emperor is on the verge of death. Xenos encircle the realm, and Chaos whispers.
All he can see is the darkest, most despairing millennium in human civilization’s history. Ying Zheng laughs in fury. “Imperial decrees reach no farther than Terra, and the realm lies in fragments. This Imperium is worse than the Son of Heaven of Zhou!”
The bamboo slips of the Hundred Schools of Thought that transmigrated with him awaken amid the Warp’s psychic energy, becoming an “AI Cabinet” bearing the wisdom of the sages:
Legalist AI Li Si enacts the Great Qin Interstellar Code, grinding the theocratic bureaucracy into an efficient war machine.
Confucian AI Kong Qiu educates the people in “benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness.” A single saying, “A gentleman does not speak of the supernatural,” drives away the whispers of Chaos.
Mohist AI Mo Di revolutionizes technology, using the principle of “non-aggression” to forge planetary-scale defensive barriers.
Military strategist AI Sun Wu leaves nothing to chance, using the principle that “warfare is based on deception” to toy with the Orks.
Yin-Yang School AI Zou Yan analyzes the Warp and confronts the Chaos Gods with the principle of “harmony between heaven and humanity.”
When a Waaagh! horde reaches their doorstep, when demonic whispers corrupt the hearts of men, when Tomb Ship fleets awaken in the depths of space…
Ying Zheng raises the Tai'e Sword and proclaims to the human galaxy:
“As long as I remain, humanity shall endure.”
“From this day forth, wherever the stars shine, it shall be Qin territory. Those who submit shall live. Those who defy me shall die!”
By the way, if an unlucky guy from Blue Star discovers that Old Man Huang is his cute and charming ancestor, what kind of sparks will there be? 🤭