Newly Reborn as a Fate-Swapping Calamity Star, My Whole Clan Begs Me to Take the Exams and Become Duke of Wei

A wildly satisfying novel built on the ultimate contrast.

Wei Qin transmigrated.

The bad news: The prestigious Wei family of the capital branded him a “calamity who steals lives,” blaming him for his grandfather's and mother's deaths.

The worse news: The moment he opened his eyes, they shoved him into a wooden tub and threw him into the river, leaving him to sink or swim.

The good news: He ended up with a poor branch of the Wei clan in Dingnan, where people got into brawls every day.

Here, there were no power games like those played by the great families, just four simple words: “We are all kin!”

When he was three, his adoptive father was killed in a bloody fight over water. When he was six, his adoptive mother tearfully remarried to save a mouthful of food.

Even when the whole clan was tightening their belts and going hungry, they filled a coarse cloth pouch and counted out every last copper coin to cover Wei Qin's school fees:

“We'd rather shortchange outsiders than our own! Send Brother Qin to school!”

Carrying the blood debts and hopes of an entire village of humble farmers, Wei Qin, a doctoral graduate in Chinese language and literature, picked up his brush and entered the imperial examinations.

With that one exam, he swept all three top honors, and his literary brilliance soared to the heavens!

With that one exam, he reformed farming and sericulture, leading his impoverished clan to triumph across Jiangnan!

When the Wei family of the capital discovered that the calamity child from years ago had become an imperial scholar and a renowned pillar of the Great Zhou state, they panicked and tried to claim him through “paternal authority” and “clan law.”

At ten, he executed a wicked servant, forced his father to transfer him to another branch, and split from the clan!

After establishing his independence, Wei Qin crushed the powerful families step by step, became chief councilor, and took control of the realm.

Years later, the entire Wei clan of the capital knelt to welcome him home, begging him to reclaim his ancestral lineage.

Dressed in his crimson official robes, Wei Qin sneered and flicked his sleeve. “A cursed child born to bring disaster? You're reaching too high. I, this official, am Wei Gong of the Dingnan Wei clan!”