What! Liu Bang Discovers That the Auspicious Beast Is His Son

The second Liu Gao suddenly drops dead, a System shows up as if it had been waiting for him.

System: "I'm the Historical Figure Check-In and Grand Prize System. Want to learn about putting your soul to use after death...?"

Liu Gao waves him off. "Not interested. It took me ages to finally live better than the great landlords of ancient history, and I'm not done living yet. Don't get in the way of the medical staff trying to save me."

The System eagerly offers, "I can let you choose the mother of a particularly powerful tiger cub, dear."

Liu Gao: "No, no thanks."

"I can also let you choose a powerful ability, the Seventy-Two Transformations, dear."

"Monkey King has too much responsibility and pressure. No, thanks."

"I can also... oh."

Liu Gao watches his own body being resuscitated for over two hours, then turns to the little System following him and making its enthusiastic pitch. "Can I still say yes now?"

The System jumps three feet in the air with excitement.

And so, the man and the System complete their contract, and Liu Gao enters a space-time vortex. But after being reborn, Liu Gao is utterly bewildered. Do Systems these days have to download anti-scam apps too?

Just look at his dignified mother. You never said this overprotective mom was the famous Empress Lu from history!

And those Seventy-Two Transformations? You never said I couldn't control when or where I transformed!

Liu Gao is born in the form of a black panther and is very worried for his life. Luckily, his mother is up to the task and doesn't have him dealt with as a monster.

Half a year later, Liu Ding finally meets his father in this life, Liu Bang.

Liu Bang looks at him and says, "Ding'er, come to your imperial father's side."

Half a year old, Liu Ding spits at him. You're Ding'er. Who would want to be called Liu Ding? What an awful name.

Then Liu Bang frowns at him and says, "This child doesn't resemble me."

Fine, fine. I've been transmigrated for half a year without unlocking a single historical figure in my compendium, and now you hit me with that? When it's time to transform, I'll turn into a little white snake and give him a lifelong fear.

Unexpectedly, the damn System's promise proves unreliable. Liu Ding, whose mother insists on calling him that, has no choice but to accept the name. He doesn't turn into a white snake, but into a white, four-legged creature. He has barely run into the front hall of Changle Palace when Liu Bang excitedly orders the guards to capture him.

Shortly afterward, Empress Lu, who is handling palace affairs, receives an invitation from Liu Bang to come admire a mythical beast.

With veins jumping in her forehead, Empress Lu hurries over... From then on, she spends every day rescuing her mythical-beast son from Liu Bang.

One day, however, Liu Ding goes out to play as a gray wolf and brings back a dying little black snake in his jaws. That's when he unlocks the Historical Figure Compendium.

[Ding! Your Seventy-Two Transformations have influenced the world around you. You have picked up a little black dragon formed from the departed soul of Qin Shi Huang. The Historical Figure Compendium has been successfully activated.]

The little gray wolf squats on a hillside, squinting at the compendium panel in front of him. So I had to turn one before the System activated? Damn System, why don't you face me directly?

Compendium entry: One, Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng, the eternal emperor who unified the six states and laid the foundations for a unified empire. Historical influence: five stars.

The entry also shows a tall man with a crown, striking features, and a long sword at his waist.

The panel changes again, displaying a button that says [A Day Trip to the Han Dynasty under Emperor Wu].

Looking at the grand prize the System is hyping up, Liu Ding, who only wants some corn and potato seeds, slowly sharpens his claws on a rock.

After that, while out playing, Liu Ding successively picks up the White Tiger Han Xin, Bai Ze Fusu, and other historical figures with an influence of at least three stars. Two years later, he even picks up a Azure Dragon Liu Bang.

Liu Ding: ??? Huh? A weird one slipped in here. Let's throw it away.

Liu Bang flies into a rage. "You little brat, stop! I'm your father!"

Liu Ding says he wants to be a good child like his father, so there's absolutely no reason to keep a weird thing around.

The Azure Dragon spins once in the air and goes splat on the ground.

After Liu Bang's death, Empress Lu has been ruling the country with every nerve on edge. Now she looks at Changle Palace, which her son has turned into a zoo, and can't help raising a hand to smack the kid.

Theme: Everyone deserves love.