Ten years ago, Lu Che commanded a mighty force as a beta and became the first non-alpha general in the history of the Empire.
The great aristocratic families hated him, saying Lu Che was nothing but a pretty face who relied on his distinguished birth and his forebears' reputation, and was really just an empty suit.
The gossip tabloids adored him, because General Lu had not only a peerless face capable of stopping hearts, but also a flamboyant personality that could give people heart attacks at any moment. The people he had offended could form a line from the Imperial Capital all the way to the Crossstar Legion base, and his scandalous stories could keep half the Empire's gossip media in business.
In the end, this "legendary" figure was betrayed by his fiancée, his best friend, and his illegitimate younger brother. Accused of treason, he died in the sea of stars, bringing about one last spectacular farce.
Ten years later, General Lu opened his eyes and awoke to find that the people who had betrayed him were now powerful figures of high rank. He had been reborn as a universally despised omega with weak mental strength, someone willing to be a stand-in for love.
A hellish start is nothing to fear. He can still play a winning hand.
Only when Lu Che returned to the summit and reclaimed the sword of honor that belonged to him did the world finally understand:
It was not Lu Che who needed the Empire's favor. It was the Empire that needed Lu Che's mercy.
He was the divinely bestowed miracle who held the Empire's fate in his hands.
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Only after Lu Che died did the betrayers realize that what they called their "hatred" was nothing but the twisted feeling of "loving someone they could never have."
Regret came too late, but fortunately there was still a stand-in who looked more and more like Lu Che the longer they gazed at him.
As the powerful men fought viciously over the little stand-in, trying to tear each other apart, they discovered that this inconspicuous little stand-in could smile faintly and blast through a military base, looking exactly like Lu Che himself.
Good news: They got the real thing. Bad news: They got the real thing.
In response, the real gong, the emperor who had been widowed for ten years, Augusta, offered a knife and declared: Stay away from stand-in romance. Pure love is the eternal god.
1. A cold and aloof star-civilization Wang Baochuan gong on the outside, but a hopeless romantic to the extreme on the inside x a recipient who spouts all kinds of outrageous lines on the outside, but is actually a dependable dream guy
2. My own ABO setting, highly unscientific
3. A universally adored recipient, with many one-sided crushes. The recipient only returns romantic feelings toward the gong
4. The younger brother is not related by blood; there is no incest
"As long as a single breath remains in me, I will grip my blade tightly and protect the countless hearths and homes, more brilliant than the morning stars of the heavens, even if I must burn in the flames and let my bones be broken and my soul tempered. I will fight until death."
Theme: Pure love is the eternal god
