Jiang Chen is killed with a single palm strike by the future empress from the start.
But this isn’t his first death. It’s his ten-thousandth.
When he died for the first time, he unexpectedly awakened a Time Loop System. Death meant starting over.
He later tried every method he could think of, but none could shake that cold empress who ruled over her age.
Until he finally gave up trying, and in yet another loop, found the future empress when she was only six years old.
He stole her candied hawthorn skewers, tugged her twin ponytails, and drew a little turtle on the half-finished magic array she’d made.
He thought he’d die and reload again.
But that night, the little girl came to him in tears and threatened him in her childish voice: “Y-you bully me again, and I’ll destroy the world!”
Jiang Chen: “...”
Fortunately, this time, he returned to the normal timeline.
“Your Majesty! The Southern Wastes Saints spoke out of turn. They’ve all been executed!”
“Your Majesty! The East Sea Dragon Clan defied the Heavenly Decree. The entire clan has been subdued!”
The empress he’d raised himself, who should have been cold and ruthless, now rushed toward him with a book titled The Psychology of Love in her arms, looking utterly adorable.
“Jiang Chen, teach me how to say ‘Darling, I want a kiss’ in the language of the dragon clan! Those old mudfish dared to laugh at me earlier, so I’m making them kneel in a row and learn it!”
Looking at the face that had once brought him endless calamity, Jiang Chen smiled for the first time like a proud father.
“Good girl. We’re not learning that. Come on, let’s go home. I’ll teach you math, physics, and chemistry.”