In a Bizarre World, I’ve Just Been Crowned Emperor and Owe a Billion in Back Pay

Wang Chen transmigrates into the body of a sixteen-year-old crown prince of the Great Xia Dynasty, a strange world where he shares the same name. This is a high-martial world. A hundred years ago, black mist engulfed the land and strange beings emerged. Of Great Xia's eighty-one provinces, only the nine Central Plains provinces remain under the imperial court's control. The other seventy-two lie beneath the black mist, where strange beings, ambitious schemers, and martial arts sects all make their moves.

The late emperor ruled diligently for twenty years, then raised a million troops and marched north. The campaign ended in defeat and his death. Since the realm could not go a day without an emperor, the ministers rallied behind Wang Chen and put him on the throne. As soon as he ascended, he was stunned: the nine newly reclaimed northern provinces lacked soldiers and capable officers, while ambitious schemers and strange beings all around Great Xia were watching for an opening. The late emperor's northern campaign had drained the treasury and granaries, and the court had failed to pay its troops for three years. Now that the army had been defeated, the families of a million soldiers, six levels of nobility, and hundreds of ministers all needed to be compensated. The total came to 160 million taels.

At court, Wang Chen looks at the ministers holding their bills and is completely floored. What a disastrous start! Other people transmigrate and become emperors with the power of life and death, so why is he drowning in debt? Suddenly, being emperor feels like no fun at all. Fine, let the world burn; he'll just lie flat. Fortunately, he awakens the Critical Hit Sign-In System. Its critical hits can increase the quantity or quality of items, and daily sign-ins grant him various goods. Wang Chen feels like he can take on the world again and cries out, "I am the god of a new age!"