After 99 Tragic Lives, I Gave Up and Became an Eternal Emperor

Reborn as an emperor, Wei Zhuang had hoped to build a great legacy. But no matter how hard he tried, he could never escape death. In his first life, he was killed by rebels. In his second, he purged the court, only for the Wei and Wu kingdoms to join forces against him. Qian fell, and Wei Zhuang died. In his third, he held off the enemy's first assault, but they soon swept through the kingdom like a raging tide. Qian fell, and Wei Zhuang died. In his fourth, he made some progress and repelled two waves of attacks, but in the end Qian still fell, and Wei Zhuang died. The fifth life… The sixth life… Though he kept dying, Wei Zhuang made progress with every life, until…

In his sixty-sixth life, he repelled the armies of Wei and Wu, counterattacked, destroyed both kingdoms, and unified the realm. Wei Zhuang thought that at last he wouldn't have to die. But…

In his sixty-seventh life, he choked on his drink at the victory banquet.

In his sixty-eighth life, he choked on his food at the victory banquet.

In his sixty-ninth life, he laughed himself to death at the victory banquet.

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In his ninety-ninth life, Wei Zhuang learned from experience and decided the victory banquet was bad luck for him. He skipped it altogether and went straight back to his chambers to sleep. Surely he couldn't die that way! But on the way back, he tripped over a rock and fell to his death.

In his hundredth life, the emperor gave up. If he was going to die anyway, why bother trying? He might as well be a foolish ruler and enjoy the present. What Wei Zhuang never expected was that while his diligent selves had always met their ends, the one who gave up would become an emperor remembered for the ages…