The First Under Heaven: A Record of Growing Up

If anyone today deserves to be called a harbinger of death, it is only Lu Wang's personal guard commander, Duming Hua Siqi.

Legend has it that Duming once killed ten thousand people and committed countless atrocities. Anyone who became her enemy was sure to die within three months.

Yet this very harbinger of death was subdued by Lu Wang and made his personal guard. She later took countless blades meant for him and helped him ascend the throne.

For the next twenty years, Duming's fearsome reputation kept anyone from attempting an assassination.

But no one knew that the day after Lu Wang ascended the throne, a cup of poisoned wine was brought before Duming. A straw mat and a mound of earth were all that awaited this harbinger of death in the end.

The world turned, and time passed. Those who still remembered Duming opened their eyes, only to discover in shock that time had gone back thirty years.

Duming was still called Siqi, and she was only seven years old.

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Hua Siqi had four names in her life.

047 was her designation in her previous life, after she had become a war machine.

Siqi was the name given to her by a village girl gathering herbs on the mountain, after hearing her original name.

Hua Siqi was the grand name bestowed upon her from on high after she had weathered countless hardships and officially become part of the Hua family.

The last name came when Duan Qingfeng was dying. He told her, "You shine like a brilliant star and race across the world's chessboard. So how about I name you Siqi?"

Hua Siqi only understood the last sentence, and she nodded.

From then on, she was a scourge, a harbinger of death, a commander whose name struck terror into people's hearts.

But no one knew that at first, Hua Siqi had only wanted to learn how to be a proper farmer.

Reading guide:

1. Emphasis: The female lead is unquestionably the strongest in the world in both her lives!!! Also, she was a bionic person and a war machine in her previous life. Please don't read if that bothers you.

2. The plot-to-romance ratio is about 70:30. I'm bad at writing blurbs. The female lead's growth comes first. This isn't a typical wish-fulfillment story, and several supporting characters are reborn, but the female lead isn't.

3. The male lead is Duan Qingfeng. He appears fairly late, and the romance comes in the second half. Both leads are beautiful, powerful, and tragic. No mutual salvation between them; this is about saving themselves.

Theme: Every success comes from striving with your own two hands