In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen's reign, Li Zicheng's army reaches the gates of the capital, and the Ming dynasty enters its final three-day countdown to destruction.
The officials feign deafness and blindness. Emperor Chongzhen, heartbroken and despairing, quietly prepares a length of white silk on Coal Hill. In this hellish deadlock, the soul of Li Shimin, an emperor for the ages, awakens inside the body of Zhu Cilang, the sixteen-year-old crown prince of the dying dynasty.
When he opens his eyes and sees the court full of spineless cowards, the iron-blooded emperor who once crushed the Turks and personally instigated the Xuanwu Gate Incident laughs in fury. Why talk about benevolence and morality? Why abide by the ancestral rules?
He awakens the "Supreme Tyrant System" and leads eight hundred Eastern Palace death warriors in kicking open the gates of the Qianqing Palace. Before the assembled officials, he beheads the Grand Secretary, then slams his bloodstained Embroidered Spring Saber onto Chongzhen's imperial desk.
"Father, an emperor isn't meant to hang himself. You can't shoulder this empire. Abdicate at once!"
From then on, the Ming dynasty takes a sharp turn, welcoming a supreme tyrant who cuts down all opposition.
The officials plead poverty and refuse to donate funds? The Tang dynasty's heavily armored Mo Dao battalion follows the lists and confiscates their estates one by one. Fail to hand over even one tael of silver, and your entire ten generations are exterminated. The soldiers defending the city are paid on the spot with the corpses of the civil officials.
Three days later, on a stormy night. Just as Li Zicheng thinks victory is assured and prepares to take the capital, the nine sealed gates thunder open. The Ming tyrant, who has just forced his way onto the throne, personally leads three thousand Great Snow Dragon Riders in a countercharge straight into the Great Shun army's central camp.
Emperor Emeritus Chongzhen, sprawled in a rear palace, stares in shock. "Th-This really is my timid, obedient crown prince?"
In retreat, the emperor guards the gates of the realm. On the advance, he hacks his way through the nine heavens. I, Li Shimin, will recreate the Xuanwu Gate Incident in the Ming dynasty today!
