I Outlasted the Entire Northern and Southern Dynasties with My Will to Survive

[Comedic Rants + Nerve-Racking Self-Rescue + Everyone Is Smart + Female Lead Undecided]

Also known as The Tyrant Isn’t Acting Right, Liu Ziye’s Will to Survive Is Surprisingly Strong, and I Transmigrated into a Short-Lived Tyrant and Went All Out

Liu Zizhang, a goofy college student who died after pulling an all-nighter gaming, opens his eyes to find himself transmigrated into the body of Liu Ziye, the famously depraved tyrant of history.

Good news: He’s the emperor.

Bad news: He’ll be killed after just a year and a half on the throne.

Even worse: There’s a beautiful, unidentified woman lying beside him when he wakes up. He later finds out she’s his aunt.

Worst of all: His elder sister, Princess Shanyin, is on her way to the palace, and the history books say their relationship was “improper.”

Liu Zizhang gazes at the handsome face in the mirror, a face not yet seventeen, and falls into deep thought:

“You’re pretty handsome. So why don’t you try acting like a decent human being?”

To stay alive, he decides to save himself.

Handing out porridge and offering free medical care to win people over? Do it!

Monopolizing the salt and iron industries to fill the treasury? Do it!

Putting under house arrest the uncle who wants to kill him? Absolutely!

Sneaking out in disguise in the dead of night to brave the ghost market?… That sounds like asking for trouble, but he does it anyway!

The court officials: His Majesty has been acting strangely lately.

The imperial clan: What exactly is he up to?

His enemies: He’s impossible to read. We have no idea what he’s thinking.

Liu Zizhang: I’m not trying to be a wise ruler. I just want to live through this winter.

Then one day, he realizes he’s not only survived the winter, he’s also outlasted one opponent after another.

Looking at the court, packed with kneeling officials, Liu Zizhang falls into deep thought:

“I only wanted to stay alive. How did staying alive end up outlasting the entire Northern and Southern Dynasties?”