[Decisive and ruthless + merciless + clear about debts and grudges + one female lead]
My name is Li Junli. The “li” means ruthless.
In my previous life, I walked the line between the underworld and the legitimate world. I had principles, but I acted without mercy.
I was reborn in a world of martial arts.
Here, powerful martial artists can reshape heaven and earth, while the Daoist and Buddhist orders dominate entire regions.
The jianghu sects flaunt their power, and immortals stand above the world.
As for me, I was born into the family of a small-time merchant in a remote borderland.
As I grew older, I learned that the world belonged to the Yang family. The emperor levied taxes and seized wealth without restraint. The age of prosperity was drawing to a close, and the dynasty was growing weak.
I knew an age of heroes vying for supremacy was about to begin.
Starting as a low-ranking clerk, I would rise to become a regional warlord on the eve of the coming chaos, then help the Grand General of Heavenly Strategies conquer the realm.
Enter the Lingyan Pavilion. Ascend the throne.
With the status of a prince, I would establish the Martial Suppression Bureau and build the Immortal-Pacifying Ward.
The Martial Suppression Bureau would suppress the martial arts of the realm.
The Immortal-Pacifying Ward would pacify the ancestral shrines of the immortals.
The Bureau’s word would be the rules.
My word would be iron law.
Starting as a low-ranking clerk, I would tread over corpses, wade through rivers of blood, and reach the summit.
My name is Li Junli. The “li” means ruthless.
The same realm, weapons, development, and being a policeman as in the previous version. The only difference is the dynasty. In the previous version, Li Shimin was already the emperor, but in this version, Li Yuan has not yet rebelled.