[Three Kingdoms] From the Primordial World to the Three Kingdoms

Notice: Paragraph comments are now open. Thank you all for your support! I'm working hard to update daily, so please don't wait until the story has built up a backlog! Xiao Yi is a ghost who doesn't know how he died or remember his life before death. A strange System binds itself to him and tasks him with filling in gaps in history. In return, he will be granted a new life. Xiao Yi: All right, which dynasty should I start with? Xia, Shang, Zhou, or the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods? Xiao Yi: ...Wait, why am I starting in the primordial era? After outliving the dragon, phoenix, witch, and demon tribes, Xiao Yi turns down his friend's invitation to pursue spiritual cultivation. He packs up and heads to the human realm, saves Ying Zheng, kills Xu Fu, and sneaks a look at the Book of Han, only to get caught red-handed by Emperor Ming. When Xiao Yi wakes again, he sees the realm ruined by his former employer, gathers up his sleeves, and decides to do the bare minimum. -- Xiao Yi is now merely a poor scholar with both parents dead and a fallen family. He should be thinking about how to lie low and do as little as possible. Leave offering strategies and advice to Fengxiao, Wenruo, and the others. The demon race: The human realm is huge. Let's claim a piece of it. Buddhists and Daoists: Let's head to the human realm to prepare for battle. Xiao Yi: Sits bolt upright, close to death.jpg At the end of the Eastern Han, warlords carve up the realm and battle breaks out everywhere. With the demon race wreaking havoc among humans as well, Xiao Yi accepts his friend Guo Jia's invitation to join Cao Cao's camp. He offers strategies, improves their weapons, and defends their cities, earning Cao Cao's favor and helping him bring peace to the land. Xun Yu: Qingchang, didn't you say you were a Daoist adept who only knew divination and the Eight Trigrams? Zhuge Liang: When Liang first met Qingchang, he was a hermit skilled at farming. Zhao Yun: What? Isn't the master a knight-errant? He killed a chanyu with one sword. Yun admires the master's courage. Cao Cao: Qingchang's methods can put the people's hearts at ease. He has the bearing of the ancient Confucian and Legalist sages. Guo Jia: A life is only a few decades long, but to have Qingchang by my side for all of it is truly my good fortune. 1. This blurb has had four versions. The protagonist's general setup remains the same: he's a Daoist adept. The main story blends elements of the primordial era, Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, mythology, and the Three Kingdoms period. There will also be flashbacks to the primordial era and the pre-Qin period. 2. Xiao Yi's courtesy name is Qingchang. To fit the naming conventions of the time, his given name is a single character. Yi can mean reclusive or withdrawn, as well as lost or nonexistent. Qingchang means pure, beautiful, generous, and kind. 3. The setting is partially fictionalized, since it also includes primordial mythology and supernatural folklore. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and various historical sources are mixed together, so please don't get too hung up on historical accuracy. The author has a poor grasp of history and is functionally illiterate, so please be gentle_(:з"∠)_ 4. The pairing is Guo Jia. Guo Yi, Guo Jia's original son, has been changed to a child adopted from within the clan. The protagonist also adopts a child, so another title for this story is Two Single Dads Earn a Living and Raise Kids, and Maybe Fall in Love Too (not really). 5. Updates will be as regular as possible. If anything comes up, I'll post a notice. Theme: Respect and protect history.