Founding a Nation, Starting with Ghost-Hunting and Reclaiming Wasteland

Li An has lost her memory. They say it's a side effect of demon poison damaging her brain.

She vaguely remembers that she is supposed to be the master of Wucheng Sect.

But right now, all that remains of her sect is the sword in her hand, the lotus seeds in her pouch, and a little girl standing in front of her, pretending to be well-behaved.

“...And the Chancellor of Yong Kingdom, too.”

The little ruler of the tiny kingdom, pretending to be well-behaved, reminded her cautiously. “The seal and the Empress Mother's letter in your arms prove it.”

“...”

That's true.

If an imperial appointment and a deed are enough to count as founding a nation.

Then, adding the pheasants and wild rabbits just caught in the woods, Yong Kingdom could round up two hundred living creatures.

Pressing a hand to her head, Li An got up with her sword in her arms, hoping to get some fresh air.

She opened the window. The setting sun was as red as blood.

Beneath the sunset, ghostly figures loomed over the muddy marsh.

“...?!”

Li An flew into a rage. “Who piloted the flying boat into a ghost realm?!”

Yongzhou lies on the western frontier of the empire.

South of White Mountain, north of the Southern Range, and east of the Three Immortal Mountains, where water gods run rampant, it is a barren land where the Rong and Di peoples live side by side.

That was until the Sword God Li An came there to assist Yong Bo Dan.

She built a city in one year, quelled rebellions in six, and spent seventeen years slaying gods and taming the waters, making her name shake the Western Regions. All sixteen Rong and Di states in the northwest surrendered at the mere sight of her forces.

On a stretch of barren farmland, she laid the foundations of a powerful state.

[Before You Read]

1. This story is set in an era of slavery in a fantasy world. The heroine has little sense of morality.

2. The story focuses on her career. The male and female leads begin communicating consciously in the middle and later parts.

3. This is a completely fictional world, so some social customs and terms differ from reality. For example, terms like uncle, younger uncle, and young master do not refer exclusively to men. Marriage is referred to as forming a bond, and men and women have equal inheritance rights.

4. The heroine's mission and main career storyline are about building a feudal state. Unifying the world is not part of her job.

5. This is not a pure wish-fulfillment story.

Theme: Believe in the faint hope in the dark of night, and seize it.