The Ancestral Dragon Returns: Beginning with Reclaiming Lost Territory

In the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor’s reign, a blood moon hung in the sky. Li Mo, an archaeologist, accidentally triggered the seal on a dragon vein at the ruins of the First Emperor’s mausoleum, awakening Ying Zheng, who had slept for 2,174 years.

When he returned, the spiritual veins of Huaxia had run dry, and the ancient civilization of spiritual energy had long since collapsed. False gods had taken root on Earth in the name of divinity, harvesting faith and fear. Puppet regimes pulled the strings from behind the scenes, severing Huaxia’s legacy.

Ying Zheng was no tyrant. He was the last regent of ancient Huaxia and the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao in the mortal world. The first words he spoke after awakening were: “You have ruined my realm for two thousand years.”

Beginning with the recovery of Jiangcheng, Ying Zheng awakened his ancient subordinates, including Bai Qi, activated spiritual-energy technology, and rebuilt the Kunlun Network. What he faced was no mere dispute over borders, but a civilizational revenge spanning two thousand years: expel the false gods, reboot Kunlun, unify the Great Wilderness, and launch an expedition across the starry sea.

“I am not your god. I am your war.”

This is a battle to revive the nation through blood and iron, an epic of a civilization rising from the ashes. No heroine, no harem, only blades and banners, blood and fire, and the unbending backbone of an ancient people.