The Thief Saint, the Top Scholar

(World: Court politics + Jianghu + officialdom + power struggles)

(Characters: Top Scorer + Thief Saint)

(Plot: Court intrigue + Jianghu mysteries + war + detective work and deduction + technological inventions)

Xiao Ye was once the Thief Saint of a martial arts world. After transmigrating a second time, he finds himself in the Great Sheng Dynasty as the heir of the Duke of Qin. From the start, he is framed for cheating in the imperial examinations and thrown into death row. Relying on the Thief Saint's martial arts and wits, Xiao Ye becomes the true top scorer and is appointed an Assistant Director of the Court of Judicial Review… He had hoped to live an easy life as a carefree heir, eating his fill and waiting for death, but a conspiracy has already begun to unfold. When a great general who protects the nation dies under mysterious circumstances, Xiao Ye is ordered to investigate. Step by step, he exposes the conspiracy's dark underbelly...