Controller of Fate

Six close friends, a shrine visit on a snowy night, and a single incense offering send them into the scorched earth of the Warring States period in 270 BCE. When fate reader Gu Beichen opens his eyes, he sees not a world in chaos, but the tribulations of six stars: Seven Killings cannot curb his murderous heart, Greedy Wolf longs to flee, Wu Qu wants to abandon the old and weak, Tian Liang wants to save everyone, and Tian Ji calculates every possibility but dares not make a move. Others transmigrate and rely on force, technology, or heavenly destiny to cheat their way to power. He sees through people and their destinies, and lays down six commandments: do not kill those who surrender, abandon the weak, betray friends, show favoritism, miss opportunities, or let evil go unchecked. On the scorched earth, the first fortress built on these commandments rises from the ground, as Qin scouts rein in their horses to stare. In the Xianyang Palace, King Zhao Xiang asks, “I, too, am an emperor star. Will you lay down commandments for me as well?” The six enter Qin and use their six specialties, agriculture, medicine, military affairs, city-building, debate, and strategy, to transform the state with overwhelming advantage. They turn the terror of mass executions into the power of winning surrenders, and replace building a legacy through massacres with unifying the land through the commandments. When the realm is united thirty years ahead of schedule, the history books will record: When the Way of Heaven fell into ruin, humanity's commandments became Heaven's mandate.