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3 血 The Bloody End of the Tang Dynasty 血色唐末 Drunk Dream at the Long Pavilion长亭醉梦Historical839k WordsOngoing In the chaotic late Tang era, Wang Xun, a man with no particular talents, suddenly finds himself in a time when no one can be sure they'll live to see the next day. He nearly ends up as rations for rebel soldiers on his very first day. He has no golden finger and no encyclopedia to help him, making him the sort of person who has completely wasted his chance to transmigrate. In this turbulent age, the ambitious warlords of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms begin to take the stage. Zhu Wen, who 0Votes16.6kRecs12.3kFans

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In the chaotic late Tang Dynasty, Wang Xun, who had no special skills, suddenly arrived in an era where everyone was living hand to mouth. He almost became a soldier's food supply. Without any cheat codes or an encyclopedia, he was definitely the kind of person who wasted his time-traveling opportunity. In this turbulent era, several warlords from the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period began to emerge on the historical stage: Zhu Wen, who destroyed the Tang Dynasty and founded the Later Liang; Li Keyong, the founder of the Later Tang; Yelü Abaoji of the Khitan; Tuoba Sixiao, the founder of the Tangut; Yang Xingmi of the Southern Wu; Wang Jian of the Former Shu; Qian Liu of Wuyue; Li Maozhen of Xiqi; Ma Chu; Southern Han; and many other figures appeared on the stage. The protagonist, Wang Xun, struggles to survive in a chaotic world. Driven by the tides of history, he gradually rises to become one of the heroes of the era, embarking on a journey to compete with these other heroes for supremacy. With Wang Xun in power, the Khitan, Tangut, and Dali dynasties—those regimes on par with the Song Dynasty—would not have been able to rise to prominence under his leadership! The martial spirit of the Chinese people, inherited from the Han and Tang dynasties, would not have been lost under Wang Xun's guidance…