[The protagonist is smart from the start. At first, he is invincible only in combat, but martial artists are rare. This is an alternate ancient-world struggle for supremacy: no imperial examinations, and no randomly becoming a bandit and killing people. He starts by using his brains and abilities to seize control of vital production resources, building up from a county town with blades, guns, and cannons, then sweeps across the world. Along the way, he develops technology and spreads martial arts.]
He transmigrates into the Great Qian dynasty during a time of chaos. What do you do when you run into an emperor who doesn’t treat people like people? He’s just transmigrated into a shabby village, only to find the whole place slaughtered. What do you do? There are martial artists in this world? And what if he can’t remember all the science from Blue Star? Luckily, he’s invincible from the moment he arrives.
What, there’s another transmigrator in the same village who’s invincible too? Then kill him! He’s a friend? Great, one more useful tool. You say you can’t judge a person by appearances? There can only be one supreme ruler in the world? That’s hilarious. How big can this world be? At worst, I’ll conquer it, build an empire where the sun never sets, and split it with him!
Watch Zhang Zhihuan rise from a farmer’s son to emperor.
What, you say being invincible all the time is cheating? Sorry, I didn’t turn it off, so it doesn’t count as cheating!
Xianxia version: Twin siblings transmigrate into an alternate-history world just as spiritual qi begins to revive.
After taking over the reincarnated bodies of peerless experts, can these invincible twins use their knowledge from Blue Star to build a dynasty where martial arts and science coexist, infused with the best of humanity?
When the peerless experts whose bodies they took over awaken, will the transmigrators be destroyed by their vast memories?
My name is Zhang Zhihuan. I never knew that every gift of fate came with its price already marked.
Zheng Ming: If I could do it all over again, knowing how chaotic this world is, I would rewrite these tragedies! I would reshape this world through reincarnation!