Warhammer: The Ming Empire in the Yongle Encyclopedia, 1K

[Warhammer + Western fantasy + fast-paced romance + character growth + multiple love interests + epic worldbuilding + no mindless protagonists + feel-good and tragic elements + semi-invincible protagonist + stepping on others to rise + passionate battles + bizarre twists]

One day, atop Mount Cangwu, a dying saint encountered four bandits.

Driven by greed, the bandits robbed the saint.

Bandit Six took the saint’s boundless compassion. Bandit Seven stole his eternal heartbeat. Bandit Eight seized his powerful muscles. And Bandit Nine stole his brilliant mind.

The four bandits believed that possessing the saint’s sacred body would let them do whatever they pleased in this world. They had no idea why an omnipotent saint was on the brink of death.

Death is the end of everything, even for a saint, let alone a bandit.

So the bandits descended from the immortal mountain, hoping to make the mortals below bear the cost of their deaths. In return, they would use the saint’s omnipotent power to grant mortals everything they desired, everything...

A thousand years passed. The Great Ming Empire, which had used the saint’s power to rule the entire Minghe System, had finally come time to repay its debts...

This book firmly opposes and satirizes pseudo-historical claims about the Ming dynasty, and supports the orthodox materialist view of history upheld by the People’s Republic of China.