“Kill an official, and you grow stronger!”
Shen Yu is a low-ranking banner officer in the Embroidered Uniform Guard, powerless and insignificant, trampled by anyone who pleases.
When a major salt and iron case lands in his lap, his superior frames him and throws him into the imperial prison. He is subjected to every kind of torture, with the authorities waiting for him to confess under duress so they can execute his entire family.
At the brink of death, he awakens the power of Official Fiend: whenever a court official dies, their death becomes fuel for Shen Yu's strength!
From then on, he becomes a shadow within the imperial court, rising step by step through a whirlpool of political scheming:
The Huaiyang salt permit case leaves the streets strewn with heads!
The shift from rice to mulberry sends shockwaves through the court!
Factional and succession struggles shake the empire to its foundations!
But the backlash from the Official Fiend grows more severe...
“Either I kill every high-ranking official at court, or I become a puppet of the fiend within!”
In this dog-eat-dog world, all he wants is to keep his life in his own hands!
I can only get one star here
Personally, I feel pretty good.