Meng Yu Sheng: The Mortal

Name: Meng Yu Sheng: The Mortal
Author: Let Fate Decide

梦余生：凡人

by Let Fate Decide (且听天命)

Status: Completed
Length: 387k Words
Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Subgenre: Eastern Cultivation
Updated: 4mo ago
Source: Fanqie

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[Eastern fantasy cultivation + historical what-if + choices about human nature, the story of Yu Sheng’s path of cultivation]

Yu Sheng rose from humble beginnings, with no advantages to his name. Relying solely on an unwavering will, he traveled from state to state and ultimately achieved the unification of the realm.

Looking back on half his life, it seems as though he was quietly guided by fate: he studied swordsmanship at Longquan, grasped the meaning of the sword at Yunmeng, learned the art of preserving life from the Medicine King, mastered political maneuvering at Guigu, studied Confucianism at Jixia, and sought lost arts in the Eastern Sea. Yet fate alone does not determine one’s path; it is also shaped by one’s own efforts. Whenever he reached a desperate situation, he never gave up on himself; whenever opportunity came, he made the most of it. Thus his teachers esteemed his talent, and his friends trusted his loyalty.

What makes Yu Sheng truly tragic, however, is not his achievements, but his heart. At the Battle of Cuoli, countless lives were lost, and he could never forgive himself. In the years that followed, he wielded power and employed schemes, often resorting to plots that struck at the heart. It was not that he failed to understand their cruelty; he simply told himself it was for “the greater good,” and once he set out on that path, he never turned back. Those closest to him drifted away, and old friends grew scarce. It hurt him, but he could no longer stop.

Born a commoner, he possessed the talent to serve as a king’s chief adviser, used the arts of political maneuvering, and built an emperor’s legacy.

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