The Sky-Piercing Strategy

On the night the late emperor passed away, Zhou Yan inherited both an empire and a book with no author.

The book made it clear: Those who review memorials are not governing affairs, but cultivating the Dao.

So he opened granaries, repaired dikes, judged cases, and purged corruption, becoming the only emperor in the world to cultivate in court as if it were a Daoist sanctuary. He did not refine pills, draw formations, or forge swords. He had better materials at hand: the people of an entire nation.