Transmigrated as Cao Fang, the eight-year-old Wei emperor, I was supposed to be a puppet in the Gaoping Tomb Incident, an abdicated emperor barely mentioned in the history books.
But when I saw another version of myself in the mirror, a child with a brutal gaze and a smile on his lips, I knew history had gotten it wrong.
He was a demon lurking in my blood, the most primal madness in the Cao family line. At court, I was the clever and patient "resolute ruler." Deep within the palace, he was the bloodthirsty "shadow of cruelty."
Cao Shuang treated me like a plaything, while Sima Yi watched me like prey. They didn't know that every humiliation and act of coercion was feeding the devil inside me.
"Help me," I whispered to him in the mirror. "Kill them all."
He smiled.
When blood splattered across the Xuanshi Hall and Luoyang trembled beneath my feet, I finally realized: rather than be strangled by powerful ministers, I would become the only tyrant in this chaotic age with my own hands...
Two souls, embarking together on a high-stakes gamble for power. Win, and we rule the world above all others. Lose, and we are doomed for eternity.
As soon as Guo Yuan came out, I had no desire to watch anymore!