The Usurper Empress

I, Wen Jia, am the last empress of the fallen Xuanhuang Divine Kingdom.

When the capital fell and I had nowhere left to turn, the Nation-Stealing System bound itself to me and granted me the power to travel between planes.

The rules were simple: possess consorts in the history books destined to bring chaos to their dynasties, disrupt the Mandate of Heaven, and drain their nations' fortunes to rebuild my ruined kingdom.

But everything went completely off script.

I entered the Shang as Daji. My schemes instead led to healing wine pools and salted meat for military rations, sending the Shang's national fortune soaring to new heights. King Zhou regarded me as the dynasty's lucky star.

I entered the Ming as Empress Ma. At every turn, I tried to curb imperial power and weaken the country, but instead I encouraged farming and reduced taxes, ushering in a golden age. Zhu Yuanzhang came to rely on me completely.

The System's pop-ups crashed every day: Host, you came to steal the country. Why are you working for every dynasty instead?

The rankings of story highlights from the Myriad Worlds updated regularly, and my outrageous exploits spread across countless planes. Travelers from every world dubbed me the "Number One Cross-Plane National Fortune Nursemaid."

Even the old hand known as the Mender of Heaven, a destroyer who had lain low for three thousand years and ranked far above me, had his thousand-year plan thrown into disarray by my actions. He appeared in person to put pressure on me.

Everyone believed I devoted myself to supporting emperors and benefiting the people.

Only I knew what I was really plotting.

Stealing a country is all about raising it up before cutting it down.

Slowly nurture the national fortunes of every great dynasty to their peak, then reap them all in one fell swoop.

Stealing countries by raising them like pigs is nothing to be ashamed of.