The Female Regent: An Assassin's Path to Godhood

[Main Story Complete] (Extra chapters updated with ranking)

A stunning assassin with a soft heart beneath her cold blade, defying her fate + a puppet emperor, gentle on the surface and ruthless within, trapped in a cage of blood debts

Si Yin, an assassin from the Huan Sheng Pavilion, fails a mission and finds herself caught in a deadly game between the Retired Emperor Jiang Hao and the new emperor, Heng Jun.

She thinks she has been reborn after leaping from a cliff, only to be rescued by the gentle, refined Yu Huaibi.

She doesn’t believe him. No assassin from the Huan Sheng Pavilion has ever walked away alive after failing a mission. She suspects he’s another trap set by the Pavilion.

In fact, she’s only half right:

Heng Jun has changed his name to Yu Huaibi and drawn close to her to forge her into the sharpest blade, so she can kill her own mother, the Retired Emperor Jiang Hao.

He says, “Follow me and pretend to be my concubine.”

She says, “Fine. Ten taels of gold, and my freedom.”

She becomes his concubine in name, but in truth, she wants to be the one pulling the strings.

What she doesn’t know is that this game is no longer a battlefield for just the two of them. It is a shattered nation.

Power struggles gnaw at the heart, and love is stained with blood.

His gentleness and grand ambitions eventually shake her iron-willed heart, while her defiance and soft heart beneath her cold blade disrupt his single-minded quest for revenge.

But their meeting was ultimately forced by a mad mother and an older brother. It was an exchange built on a blood feud, and a game of mutual suspicion.

When the truth is laid bare, and love and hate destroy each other, they understand: the greatest pain in this world has never come from an enemy, but from the one you loved and trusted, yet were ultimately forced to kill.

In this deadly game where death is the bait, Si Yin and Heng Jun both fall into the trap.

He becomes an emperor for the ages,

and she becomes the Regent King who “builds a human world.”

Reading Tips:

1. A pure, unapologetically satisfying story with a strong female lead. No golden finger, no cheat powers; the heroine fights her way to victory with every stroke of her blade. The male lead is just as smart, and their powerful partnership is incredibly satisfying.

2. The heroine’s mother and the male lead’s older brother are thoroughly deranged tragic figures. As key supporting characters, they’re both hateful and pitiable, and play an important role in moving the story forward.

3. The heroine is exceptionally strong (perhaps she inherited it from her mother, and being an assassin helps too). The male lead is highly intelligent and emotionally perceptive, but somewhat weaker in combat, so he often needs the heroine to protect him. He gets a little beautiful-but-tragic later on.

4. Pei Yueming is the strongest supporting character and the author’s favorite. Her character arc is brilliantly written. You’ll have to read the story to appreciate it.

5. There are many martial arts battles, each carefully choreographed by the author. The moves never repeat, and the fights avoid the invincible hero trope. The techniques and fight scenes feel cinematic. The author’s favorite is the chapter about shooting a giant fish on the river. Read it to see for yourself.

6. Most importantly, this is a political intrigue novel focused on psychology! Political intrigue! Political intrigue! It bears repeating: the scheming centers on maneuvering in court and across the martial world, with a strong focus on human nature. Take your time and savor it.

Premise: I have seen hell, so I will build a human world with my own hands.