Emperor of the Peninsula

2023.

Zhao Xin fought his way out of the lawless wilderness, made a name for himself, and was showered with the glory of a hero.

He basked in that glory, proud of everything he had built from nothing. But when a hero far from home crossed paths with the truly powerful, even a fortune worth billions could not buy him a single life.

As a bullet pierced his head, he finally understood what it meant for heroes to be powerless in the face of authority. He died with endless regrets.

A parallel universe.

2004.

On a stormy night, Zhao Xin opened his eyes again. He saw neither the Black and White Impermanence nor the underworld. Instead, he found himself reborn on the Korean Peninsula, known as an empire of money, having taken over the body of a notorious second-generation chaebol heir.

He thanked the heavens for giving him another chance.

If heroes cannot stand up to power, then someone else can play the hero. He was done with it. In this life, bestowed upon him by heaven, he would build an empire of money of his own.

In this empire, he could dream at night and see those dreams come true as soon as he opened his eyes...

This would make up for the heart-wrenching regret he had carried from his previous life.…