Shadow Blade of a Chaotic Age: My Adoptive Father Is Li Keyong

Modern historian Li Congxin drops dead while lecturing on “the limits of human nature during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.” He is reborn as a five-year-old orphan amid the chaos at the end of the Tang dynasty, adopted by the Shatuo warlord Li Keyong and given the name Li Chengying. He becomes one of Li Keyong's many adopted sons.

At its heart, this novel explores the rift between the protagonist's dual identities: a modern soul and an ancient assassin. It delves into how violence is rationalized by institutions, and how individuals struggle and make choices amid the currents of history. This is not a wish-fulfillment tale about “transmigrating to change history,” but a psychological epic about slaughter and redemption, power and human nature, identity, and self-awakening.