A Game of Power for the World

Mo Nian transmigrated into the Northern and Southern Dynasties, where history had been altered by transmigrators.

From the start, she was a newly awakened vegetable, her father was the leader of the martial arts world, and she was working odd jobs all over a chaotic land.

The good news: Transmigrators came with a System, and completing missions could send her back to the 21st century.

The bad news: The System had no walkthroughs and no golden finger. All it could do was follow her around and record what she did.

Mo Nian: What good are you, then?

And her mission: Become empress.

Question: How many steps does it take to become empress?

Mo Nian counted on her fingers: Beat the drums, raise the banner, rebel, rally an army with a single call, sweep all the way to the capital, and ascend the throne.

Mo Nian: That's way too easy. I'll lie flat instead. _(:з"∠)_

Mo Nian stuck to her principle of living off other people's generosity, feasting her way from impoverished backwaters to a wealthy capital, from winding riverside towns to the deserts beyond the frontier, and from the martial world to the imperial court. The handsome men and beautiful women she'd let down followed behind her, crying and begging her to take responsibility.

Only after she'd had her fill did she finally look at the main quest she'd long forgotten. Huh, why is the progress bar at 99%?

Become empress, you say?

Easy. I'll do it.

Reader advisory:

1. The main storyline follows the heroine's path to the throne: a commoner becomes emperor in a no-holds-barred struggle for supremacy, so hardcore it could rival the history books.

2. The romance comes at the end. The male lead has already appeared.

Thanks for reading.

Theme: Life means losing some things, but gaining even more.