From the Start, a Duke's Heir: Saving the Nation and Eliminating Traitors

Bai Yuan, a modern young man, unexpectedly transmigrated to the Ji Dynasty, where rites and music had fallen into ruin, and became a low-ranking border soldier. At the time, corrupt officials held sway at court, foreign invaders hammered at the passes, and the Central Plains teetered on the brink.

Bearing the wisdom of another age and an unwavering soldier's spirit, he forged the flames of war into a blade and broke through one crisis after another from humble beginnings: he cleaned up the army camps, executed corrupt officials, and trained a new army. Then, in the bitter winter of the Year of the Horse, he launched a surprise attack on the Northern Desert. His campaign, "The Snowy Night Raid on the Royal Court," shook the world.

From border soldier to commander, from saddle to throne, he eventually led a lone cavalry unit clad in black armor into the imperial capital, his sword pointed at the decadent court. But the northern campaign had only just begun, and schemes and catastrophe were already drawing near in the shadows, heralded by the sound of hooves...