History associate professor Zhang Heng stayed up late researching the First Emperor’s resurrection, then died suddenly at his computer.
When he woke up, he had become Qian Hao, the third prince of the Great Qian Dynasty: a hapless fellow who had just been poisoned by his own elder brother, the crown prince, and now had half the First Emperor’s soul living inside him.
“You’re awake? Three days later than I expected.”
Ying Zheng, a six-thousand-year-old monster, had been inside his body for twenty years. He once protected the original owner, but now his power was spiraling out of control and starting to consume his Host.
Outside, the crown prince was sharpening his knives as undercurrents swirled through the court. Inside, half a soul watched him like a predator, ready to seize his body at any moment.
The good news: Zhang Heng had spent sixteen years studying the First Emperor. Nobody understood the old man better than he did.
The bad news: the history of this world wasn’t quite what he knew.
He had to survive in the original owner’s place, uncover the truth behind the poisoning, and somehow deal with the eternally stubborn yet softhearted emperor of the ages living inside him. Zhang Heng discovered that life after transmigrating was harder than writing his dissertation.
