Cast Out by a Military Family, I Guard the Frontier and Earn the Title of Prince Shoulder-to-Shoulder

Lu Yuan transmigrated into this world at the age of sixteen, and for sixteen years, rules and propriety had kept him in chains. From the moment he set foot on this land, his father took out his hatred on him and beat him. Lu Yuan came to understand that transmigrating was not as wonderful as he'd imagined. Every step was fraught with danger, and many things were beyond his control. All he could do was survive, for now. For sixteen years, he endured in silence, sharpening himself like a sword. When the blade left its sheath, it gleamed without a trace of cold light, yet every strike landed on a vital point. “Natural law and human bonds are mountains blocking your way.” “Rules and propriety are cages holding you captive.” “The raging current of this world is enough to swallow you whole, without leaving so much as a bone.” Yet when he established himself on the bitterly cold northwestern frontier, when he supported the orphaned ruler and executed treacherous officials, when his name gradually became known across the land, he recalled the words his teacher had once spoken and gave only a calm four-word reply: “I want to try.” And so he campaigned across the land, striking pirates in the east, resisting the Great Wei in the north, and repelling the many enemies of the Western Regions. The name of Lu Yuan, Prince Who Stands Shoulder to Shoulder with the Emperor, spread across the realm. As the dynasty crumbled and the world fell into ruin, as blood and fire raged and warfare continued without end, as the gaping maws of man-eating abysses appeared everywhere, Lu Yuan wielded military power as the Prince Who Stands Shoulder to Shoulder with the Emperor, unifying the hearts of the people, and turning the tide when all seemed lost, shoring up the collapsing dynasty. “As long as I stand here today, none of you will retreat. If you do, then die.”