Slaying the Emperor

Also known as: Above All Others

[Plot-focused blurb]

A prince lives a life more abject than that of a servant.

In palace after palace paved with blood, he feels the earth's cold beneath his hand and closes his eyes. The heart in his chest tells him with absolute clarity:

"Only by becoming the Son of Heaven can I truly control my own fate!"

For her, as much as for himself...

No matter how arduous, how painful, or how badly scarred he becomes on this thorny road, he will press on without hesitation.

I will shatter everything and rise above all!

I will toy with the world in the palm of my hand!

I will ride into battle myself, slaying gods and Buddhas alike, racing above all creation!

When my descendants see me, I permit you to kneel and bow three times, as a sign of respect.

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[Romance-focused blurb]

Through countless lives and deaths, through searching and longing, someone once asked: Why do you want to live, even when you're trapped in hell?

How did Xuan Mo answer? Whether standing alone beneath a sheer cliff or sitting on the cold ground with only his own shadow for company, he still held his sword without fear and answered: To live for one person. Even if I'm in hell, I don't care.

He travels through different worlds only to gather his beloved's soul. He will pay any price to bring his beloved back to life.

He loves his beloved deeply.

But what should he do when he encounters his beloved, who has lost his memory and completely forgotten him?

He smiles and protects his beloved.

But when a knife is pulled from his body, he sees his beloved say indifferently, "We're the same kind of person. We both want to bring our beloved back to life."

When Lan Ying awakens, he finds himself in an empty expanse. He doesn't know his own name. He only knows that a cold robot demands he travel between worlds and complete missions. Whether he's pulverized, dismembered, or torn apart by chariots, his resolve never wavers.

Because deep in his heart, a voice is always calling to him: Hurry! Hurry! Complete the missions and bring the one who loves you dearly back to life.

That's when he knows he has someone who loves him dearly.

Though he's never seen them, the memories in his dreams let him faintly sense their warmth, their dampness, their tenderness, their passion.

He loves it. He's willing to spend his entire life pursuing this one and only feeling.

So he can become the person most devoted to his beloved, or someone even colder than a robot. Anything, as long as he can bring his beloved back to life.

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#My beloved has forgotten me. What do I do? Answer quickly, it's urgent!#, A comment from the expressionless Xuan Mo

#I want to do my missions properly in every world, but don't know where to start. What do I do about this clingy pest?#, A comment from Lan Ying

P.S. Devoted (possibly corrupted?) and cold (possibly obsessive?) domineering top X an icy (possibly adorable?) and rational (possibly secretly wicked?) beauty bottom

More obligatory P.S.:

(/≧▽≦)/~Word is, this story is a slow burn, nya!~ It's a character-growth, leveling-up story, nya!~ The protagonist grows from weak to strong, nya!~ The beginning is a little angsty, nya!~

(≧▽≦)/Word is, the protagonist is the growing-up type, nya!~

╮(￣▽￣)╭ Word is, along the way, the protagonist will meet the inevitable whetstones (cannon fodder, bit players, and villains), nya!~

o(≧▽≦)oi Word is, these whetstones are a little hard, a little sharp, and a little scary, nya!~ (Author kitty lights a candle for you, nya!~)

(づ ●─● )づ Word is, these whetstones have cut the protagonist, nya!~ (Author kitty gives you a comforting pat, nya!~)

(/≧▽≦/) Word is, the protagonist keeps growing (and turning dark), nya!~

o(≧▽≦)/~ Word is, the protagonist eventually becomes a very kind (crossed out →→), very powerful (kills without batting an eye) master, nya!~

(￣︶￣)/ Word is, Author Kitty is planting clues, nya!~ Even little details might be foreshadowing, nya!~

♀(￣▽￣)/ But our little angels are so clever. Author Kitty believes you'll figure out the clues~

Lately I've been pushed to the limit and unleashed my beastly side. (≧3≦)/ I'm going to smother you all with kisses!~ (#￣▽￣#) Author Kitty loves you all, nya!~

o(≧▽≦)/~ Author Kitty only knows a little history, so if anything in the story seems "off," it's simply because this is a fictional setting!~≧▽≦ Don't be too "surprised"!~ This is an alternate-history story, and everything is made up!~≧3≦ Muah!~

Completed chonkers, ready to be devoured or slaughtered!~ Meow!~

"Quick Transmigration! The Adorkable Comeback Story!"

"Qin Shi Huang and the Adorkable Face-Slapping Road"

"Quick Transmigration! The Cannon Fodder's Comeback Face-Slapping Road!"

o(≧▽≦)/~ Whenever I think of my little angels, Author Kitty's heart feels so warm!!~~≧▽≦ Muah!~ Author Kitty looks forward to seeing your cute, adorable silhouettes, little angels!~

P.S. The cover was hand-drawn by Author Kitty's good friend!~ Isn't it adorable? (≧▽≦)/~ Mm-hmm, it definitely is.

So, →→ good friend, please stop hitting Author Kitty _(:3"∠)_ If you hit me again, I'll become a dead kitty.

Theme: Perseverance