The Han Dynasty’s Dragon Envoy: Beginning with Fearless Valor

After transmigrating to the second year of the Yuanshou era under Emperor Wu of Han, Song Rentou bound himself to the Homecoming System. If he died heroically for his country, he could return to the modern era with a fortune of trillions and live as a billionaire. To die quickly and gloriously, he publicly berated Liu Che for waging wars of aggression, waiting for his head to be chopped off. Instead, the Confucian scholars at court all knelt to plead for him, and Gongsun Hong staked his life to protect him. Song Rentou ended up hailed as the Han dynasty’s greatest loyalist. Annoyed to the point of grinding his teeth, Liu Che sent him on a mission to the Western Regions. From a lone Han envoy to commander of 30,000 troops in the Western Regions. From ruler of the thirty-six kingdoms to a pillar of the Han dynasty leading 100,000 cavalry eastward. When the Witchcraft Crisis drenched the land in blood, he gave up on trying to die. He purged the court, executed traitors, protected the young emperor, and became the Han dynasty’s one and only pillar of strength. Years later, Song Rentou stood atop Weiyang Palace, watching the assembled officials cry out “Long live the emperor!” His face was utterly hopeless. “Can somebody please kill me? I really just want to go home!”