You Sentence Me to Death? I'll Build an Empire Where the Sun Never Sets

Su Yuan devoted five years of painstaking work to using modern technology to make Great Xia the most powerful nation in the Nine Provinces.

In return, Empress Zhao Qingge betrayed him in the cruelest way.

She welcomed back her first love, stripped Su Yuan of his military command, and cut off the life-saving medicine that kept him alive. “Hand over your firearms blueprints, and I’ll spare you the death penalty.”

Su Yuan didn’t waste a word. That night, he set fire to the largest arsenal and faked his death amid the raging flames!

With Su Yuan dead, Great Xia collapsed completely.

Its firearms began exploding one after another, its economy crashed, and the empress’s first love, a paper strategist, lost ten cities in a row!

Surveying the ruined realm, Zhao Qingge turned white-haired overnight and coughed up blood as she frantically searched for Su Yuan.

By then, Su Yuan had fled to an enemy nation, where he met Ji Wushuang, the empress of Great Zhou, who could hear people’s thoughts.

On the surface, Su Yuan played the part of a slacker. “This humble commoner is just a blacksmith.”

But in his mind, he thought: Great Zhou is still using bronze? Give me three months, and I’ll build a Gatling gun by hand and flatten Great Xia!

Ji Wushuang’s eyes lit up with delight. She not only offered him half her realm, but also became an utterly devoted wife who would protect him at all costs.

A year later, Great Zhou’s steam-powered ironclad army surrounded Great Xia’s capital.

Kneeling before the troops, Zhao Qingge begged through her tears and blood: “Su Yuan, I truly know I was wrong. Please come back…”

But the empress of Great Zhou swept Su Yuan into her arms. Expressionless, he uttered just two words:

“Fire!”