The Strongest Lord: Everyone Gives Me One Spirit Stone a Day

This novel isn't a power fantasy, but the story is incredibly satisfying! After staying up for two days, Lin Ye is drawn into the Strongest Lord. Thanks to his talent, “one spirit stone per person per day,” he starts out in remote Blackstone Village and quietly builds his strength. He unifies the continent and establishes the strongest empire in history. But after reaching the summit, he discovers that the continent he lives on is merely a resource-poor, uncivilized wasteland abandoned in the middle of the ocean. Just then, his friend Gu Qingcheng is attacked in the nearby waters. To save her, Lin Ye establishes a powerful dominion over the seas and crushes the biggest pirate alliance, secretly backed by the Star Empire. This earns him the enmity of Murong Kang, a lord of the Star Empire, and war breaks out between the two nations. Lin Ye wins a great victory and annexes Murong Kang's territory, but in doing so, he angers the two top empires behind Murong Kang: Brightmoon and Sunflame. Having just fought a major war and drained the treasury, Lin Ye is forced to play along and cede two cities to buy time to grow. But the two empires mistake Huaxia for weak and keep provoking it, until all-out war becomes inevitable. Faced with a crisis, Lin Ye cleverly uses The Art of War to turn things around. He sends lavish gifts to befriend the Sunflame Empire and delay its attack, while using the System to persuade powerful ministers dissatisfied with the Brightmoon Empire's royal family to switch sides. In the end, he defeats the Brightmoon Empire in a coordinated attack from within and without. By the time the Sunflame Empire realizes what has happened, its chance is gone. It launches a hasty assault, only to face Lin Ye's powerful counterattack, strengthened by the resources he has absorbed from Brightmoon. Lin Ye ultimately defeats the Sunflame Empire, unifies the seas and the continent, and becomes the strongest empire on Blue Star.