The Eagle of a Humble Beginning

Who is the overlord? Where is the way forward?

The day Li Rui transmigrated to the Great Jing Kingdom, his father was slapped by a lowly clerk. Even after being slapped, his father had to put on a smile and hand over a red envelope.

Once their memories merged, Li Rui learned that in the Great Jing Kingdom, blacksmiths belonged to the lowest social class, and he was a blacksmith's son. Discrimination and bullying at the hands of officials and scholars were inevitable.

Could he study hard for ten years, take the imperial exams, and change his own fate and his family's in one fell swoop?

Sorry, you are the son of a lowly artisan household. You are not qualified to take the imperial exams.

If he couldn't wait ten years to take revenge like a gentleman, then Li Rui would take revenge sooner or later.

You bullied my father. There will be serious consequences.

The court treats me as one of the lowly. There will be serious consequences.

He would earn money to secure his place in the world, and build a force to protect himself with that money.

As he carved out a place of his own, he stirred up the four corners of the realm without meaning to, until heaven and earth were turned upside down.

Only those who love him, and those he loves, would have the chance to experience his loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, and honor.

Those who hate him, and those he hates, would know only the merciless cruelty of autumn winds sweeping away fallen leaves.

Since he had come into this world, he would make the most of his life.

After decades of living life to the fullest, he would look back and see that the overlord had become a dragon.

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