How to Save the Tyrant's Claim to the Throne [Narcissism]

Xie Hengyu transmigrated into a book. His mission was to save his past self, now a tyrant in ancient times. In other words, he had to romance himself.

The good news was that he and the tyrant were bound by a life-and-death System. Any injury he suffered would be shared by the tyrant. He didn't have to fear being killed or harmed by the tyrant. They would share every hardship.

The bad news was that the tyrant was a puppet emperor, controlled by powerful clans, while the immortal sects, who fancied themselves paragons of righteousness, drained his fortune. He was barely functional, and a pack of vicious wolves below him watched them with hungry eyes. Despite living in such a miserable state, the tyrant still threatened to kill him every day and have him hacked to pieces.

Watching the tyrant bully the weak despite having become emperor, Xie Hengyu smiled sweetly and slapped him. "If you can't do the job, then hurry up and get off the throne."

The tyrant wanted to go mad, but Xie Hengyu was even crazier. When the tyrant tried to torment him to vent his anger, Xie Hengyu made him suffer right along with him, forcing the tyrant to behave.

When treacherous ministers and corrupt officials tried to kill him, he swiftly won over loyal ministers and capable generals, cleaned up the court, brought peace to the people, and threw every treacherous minister in prison.

The arrogant State Preceptor, relying on the support of the immortal sects, acted with impunity. Xie Hengyu simply created a new god, presented himself as the one destined by Heaven, and used his newfound reputation to recruit extraordinary talents to serve him.

In just one year, he had killed off every treacherous minister and transformed the court. He overthrew the immortal sects, who treated the common people like livestock, and reduced them to despised outcasts whom everyone cursed. The tyrant who had threatened to kill him was kicked off the throne.

And Xie Hengyu transformed from a beauty offered as tribute by a vassal prince into the new ruler, with power over the whole court. From the Heavenly Dao to the common people, everyone bowed before him.

Now emperor, Xie Hengyu beamed as he surveyed his peaceful, prosperous realm and thought smugly: Why bother saving my former self when being emperor feels so much better? Rather than save the tyrant, he'd rather save the tyrant's throne.

Extra scene:

Xiao Zongyun had transmigrated into a book for twenty years. The powerful clans treated him like a puppet, and the immortal sects treated him like a blood bag to be drained at will. He lived worse than an animal and thought he was destined to rot in the mud for the rest of his life. Then, on a terrifying sacrificial altar, thirty thousand wronged souls opened their eyes. Surrounded by ghostly flames, his hands and feet bound in chains, he was on the verge of having his soul destroyed when someone grabbed him without hesitation:

"Xiao Zongyun, you promised to be my empress. Don't you dare die!"

At last, he recognized Xie Hengyu. That was himself, wearing the face of the person he loved most, the one who had saved him from danger time and again.

"All right. I'll live. I'll be your empress."

He thought he could keep living for Xie Hengyu.

Reader's Guide:

1. The leads love and hate each other. They fight with blades at first, then become desperately in love.

2. The top is a product of the bottom's split personality. Why they split will remain a secret for now.

3. A low-magic setting where immortal sects control imperial power, emperors rely on them to maintain their rule, and demons occasionally appear.

4. This is not a romance-focused story, but a plot-driven one. At its heart, it's about the leads reuniting and taking revenge together.

5. The bottom will become emperor. He will become emperor because the throne was his to begin with, for a reason.

6. This latest version of the blurb was written on June 14, 2026, and a screenshot has been saved.

Theme: Feigned affection turns to true devotion, and before long, the heart is lost.