Chemical engineering PhD Shen Yue is reborn as a sixteen-year-old boy from a poor family. The moment he opens his eyes, he faces a living hell: his eight-year-old sister has a fever that will not break, and his twelve-year-old brother is so hungry he is chewing tree bark. Worse, the rampant mosquitoes in Jiangnan are leaving his little sister covered in festering bites.
“This time, I will never let my family starve to death!”
Red-eyed, Shen Yue smashes the last clay pot as knowledge from his past life surges through his mind. He concocts a miraculous mosquito repellent from mugwort and mint, beginning an incredible journey of using chemistry to outclass the ancient world.
Starting with mosquito coils, he goes on to win over the nobles’ palates with MSG and soy sauce, spark a frenzy among the powerful with glass mirrors, and shake the imperial court with his stainless steel formula.
When the emperor points a cup of poison at him and demands his secret formula, the once-impoverished boy has already built an army of a hundred thousand. “It’s time this world learned a new way to live.”
Along the way, sworn brothers pledge to follow him to the death, the women who love him lend their support, and powerful warlords hunt him down while court officials plot against him.
But Shen Yue never forgets the vow he made on the night he was reborn: he will make the world remember his name!
See how a chemistry genius rises from a thatched hut to the imperial palace, using technology to create an age when every nation comes to pay tribute.
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