I Rose to Power After Becoming a Fugitive Slave

When other people transmigrate, they inherit the original host's family background, looks, and talent. At the very least, they inherit a normal identity.

When Jiang Ke transmigrated, she inherited the original host's contract of indenture and a whole band of pursuers, repeatedly teetering on the brink of death.

After temporarily escaping her pursuers, she discovered that she had been reborn in another era, one that did not exist in the history books.

It was a time of chaos: the dynasty was crumbling, the lords ruled their own territories, and heroes vied for supremacy.

What? You want to know what any of this has to do with Jiang Ke?

Everything. She had become one of those heroes, the Lord of Yue City, and a runaway slave being hunted down.

The original host's family had traded their lives for the original host to live two incense sticks longer than they did. They had done nothing wrong. They were simply too weak, too easy to bully, and unable to fight back.

So she was here now, and she would fight back for them.

As heroes vie for supremacy, what have the common people done to deserve this? The world is so harsh, laws have collapsed, and justice is nowhere to be found. Jiang Ke does not ask for much. She only wants a measure of fairness.

At first, Jiang Ke only wanted to survive, take revenge, prove herself, and risk everything.

Later, gazing across the magnificent land and at the advisors, generals, and countless people who supported her, she changed her mind.

She could also contend for the Central Plains and establish a new legal system.

The history books say,